The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Karl Fraser & Bill Holman crossed the line in 1:11:10: 552nd of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 74% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 0:49 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,853 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 5:18v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:09Running 2 4:41v median +0:07
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Block 03 7:44Running 3 5:01v median +0:09
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Block 04 7:32Running 4 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 5:23v median +0:21
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:54v median −0:01
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 08 10:26Running 8 5:07v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.