The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:17 at Birmingham 2025 put George Spires & Paul Spires 1,034th of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:03 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:57 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,853 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:48Running 1 7:21v median +2:05
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 6:03v median +1:31
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:16v median +1:26
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 6:23v median +1:31
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:47v median +1:46
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 6:28v median +1:34
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 6:30v median +1:36
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Block 08 12:31Running 8 6:12v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.