The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, James Neal & Matt Pinder crossed the line in 1:11:30: 567th of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:25 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:58Running 1 4:59v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 4:28v median −0:06
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:43v median −0:09
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 4:49v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:55v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:51v median −0:04
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 4:37v median −0:18
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 4:29v median −0:25
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.