The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:13 at Birmingham 2025 put Charlie Cotton & Chris Cotton 1,073rd of 1,099 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 6:21. A harder second half: 2:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:56, behind 93% 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 11:21Running 1 6:36v median +1:20
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 5:32v median +1:00
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:30v median +0:40
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 5:38v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:02v median +1:01
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:37v median +0:43
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Block 07 15:14Running 7 5:32v median +0:38
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Block 08 13:47Running 8 5:58v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
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.