The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Somers & Frank Niblock finished 976th of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:23:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:51. A harder second half: 1:18 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 10:10Running 1 5:57v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:51v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 4:57v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 5:08v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:18v median +0:23
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 5:34v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.