The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:33 at Birmingham 2025 put Tim Busby & Phillip Busby 838th of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:54, behind 86% of the field.
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 8:57Running 1 4:51v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:21v median −0:13
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 4:56v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 4:54v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:02v median +0:00
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:06v median +0:11
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 4:59v median +0:04
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 5:07v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
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.