The race, in three figures
The race, in words
stephen temperley & Simon Grimes finished 1,151st of 1,177 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:40:17.
The wall balls cost the most time: 3:08 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:28, behind 96% 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 11:37Running 1 7:06v median +1:40
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 6:07v median +1:33
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 6:19v median +1:27
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 6:25v median +1:31
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:45v median +1:43
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:25v median +1:30
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 6:28v median +1:33
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Block 08 14:33Running 8 6:55v median +2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:28
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.