The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Manish Thakrani & Lee Clarke finished 891st of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:20:00.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:14 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
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Block 01 10:23Running 1 6:06v median +0:40
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:55v median +0:21
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 5:15v median +0:23
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 5:29v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:56v median +0:54
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:47v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 6:17v median +1:22
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 6:14v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:37
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.