The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Williams & James Shires finished in the top 10% of the field at Glasgow 2025, in 56:30 for 42nd of 947 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:11 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:27 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:10, was faster than 95% of the field.
Glasgow gave the field time back: about 0:58 faster than the average race this season, by 1,499 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:39Running 1 3:02v median −0:36
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 4:17v median −0:45
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Block 03 6:29Running 3 4:28v median −0:53
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Block 04 6:38Running 4 4:34v median −0:47
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 4:30v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:38Running 6 4:23v median −1:04
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Block 07 6:40Running 7 4:29v median −1:01
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Block 08 7:02Running 8 3:21v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 938
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 938 men's teams who finished.