The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Blackburn & Rob Gell finished 982nd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:28:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:08, behind 88% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,853 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 6:13v median +0:57
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:44v median +1:12
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:57v median +1:07
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 6:00v median +1:08
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:30v median +1:29
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:40v median +1:46
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 6:23v median +1:29
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 7:02v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1097
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,097 men's teams who finished.