The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Richards & Phil Marsh finished 299th of 467 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:16:12.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:53v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:06v median +0:03
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 5:17v median −0:07
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 5:27v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:27v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:30v median +0:04
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 5:27v median −0:01
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Block 08 10:45Running 8 6:03v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 465
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 465 men's teams who finished.