The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Taylor & Philip Taylor finished 821st of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:17:59.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:20Running 1 5:22v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:44v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:58v median +0:06
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 5:05v median +0:11
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:23v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:19v median +0:24
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Block 07 9:14Running 7 4:36v median −0:19
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 4:58v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.