The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:12 at Birmingham 2025 put Vin Whitelock & Ben Blackhurst 1,099th of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:28 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 10:34Running 1 6:25v median +0:59
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:14v median +1:40
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 7:18v median +2:26
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 7:43v median +2:49
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:29v median +2:27
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 7:34v median +2:39
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 8:03v median +3:08
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 7:14v median +2:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
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.