The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Holcroft & Aneep Desai finished 777th of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:16:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:26. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:55 better 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 9:43Running 1 5:39v median +0:13
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:45v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 4:58v median +0:06
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 4:56v median +0:02
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 4:58v median +0:03
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Block 07 9:00Running 7 5:11v median +0:16
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 4:58v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.