The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martyn Shepherdson & Michael Foden finished 316th of 467 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:17:25.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:11 of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:50v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:03v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 5:43v median +0:19
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 6:00v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 6:23v median +0:50
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 6:12v median +0:46
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 6:20v median +0:52
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 6:47v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.