The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oliver Cole & Alex Cole finished 841st of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:18:35.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:30v median +0:04
-
Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:44v median +0:10
-
Block 03 9:15Running 3 5:04v median +0:12
-
Block 04 8:26Running 4 4:55v median +0:01
-
Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:20v median +0:18
-
Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:16v median +0:21
-
Block 07 9:23Running 7 5:17v median +0:22
-
Block 08 11:30Running 8 5:48v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.