The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael K Hughes & Harry C Bird finished in the top 10% of the field at London 2025, in 53:47 for 3rd of 1,010 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:14 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:49 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:29, was faster than 99% of the field.
London ran fast: the 793 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:03 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:09Running 1 3:44v median −1:00
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Block 02 4:57Running 2 3:36v median −0:54
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Block 03 5:45Running 3 3:45v median −1:03
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Block 04 5:44Running 4 3:42v median −1:08
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Block 05 7:37Running 5 3:44v median −1:13
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Block 06 5:04Running 6 3:41v median −1:11
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Block 07 6:00Running 7 3:46v median −1:10
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Block 08 8:11Running 8 4:39v median −1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 980
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 980 men's teams who finished.