The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Hiles & Mark Sugden finished 759th of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:15:55.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:59 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 better 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 9:31Running 1 5:12v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:32v median −0:02
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 4:55v median +0:03
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:49v median −0:13
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:56v median +0:01
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 4:50v median −0:05
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Block 08 9:27Running 8 4:48v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.