The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2022, Riccardo Meola & Ignazio Di Tano crossed the line in 1:09:55: 151st of 358 men's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:50 on the median. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 2:01.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 5:39v median +0:26
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:47v median −0:03
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 5:23v median +0:13
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Block 04 6:56Running 4 5:18v median +0:01
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:39v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:39v median +0:21
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Block 07 7:56Running 7 5:23v median +0:10
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Block 08 9:38Running 8 5:35v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 352
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 352 men's teams who finished.