The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Darren Scott & Lewis O’Nions crossed the line in 1:10:45: 529th of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 90% of the field across all eight, against 38% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:00 on the median. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:01Running 1 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:44v median +0:10
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Block 03 7:47Running 3 4:50v median −0:02
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Block 04 7:11Running 4 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 6:23v median +1:21
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 5:06v median +0:11
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Block 08 9:13Running 8 5:11v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.