The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Keane & Rory Keane finished 915th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:48:25.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. A harder second half: 18:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:47, behind 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 0:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:54Running 1 6:50v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 5:46v median +0:41
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 6:41v median +1:22
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 7:15v median +1:54
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Block 05 14:27Running 5 9:36v median +4:08
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Block 06 15:19Running 6 13:02v median +7:39
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Block 07 15:43Running 7 11:12v median +5:48
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 10:05v median +4:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 952
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 952 mixed teams who finished.