The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Necati Dagdeviren & Lewis Gillibrand crossed the line in 1:11:50: 584th of 1,177 men's teams, faster than 50% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 74% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 5:44v median +0:18
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:35v median +0:01
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Block 03 7:38Running 3 4:52v median +0:00
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 5:09v median +0:07
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 5:21v median +0:26
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:25v median +0:30
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Block 08 9:44Running 8 5:26v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.