The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:47 at Birmingham 2025 put Tom Rigby & Ben Stephen Russell 671st of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:42 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:16Running 1 5:17v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:24v median −0:10
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 4:46v median −0:06
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 5:00v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:55v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:58v median +0:03
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 5:10v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
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.