The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Ollie Blake & Chris Elderfield crossed the line in 1:10:19: 503rd of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:46 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:40Running 1 5:38v median +0:12
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:33v median −0:01
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Block 03 7:38Running 3 4:44v median −0:08
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 4:50v median −0:04
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:40v median −0:22
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:44v median −0:11
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:40v median −0:15
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Block 08 8:51Running 8 4:35v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1177
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,177 men's teams who finished.