The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2022, Nathan Smith & Matt Riches crossed the line in 1:10:40: 162nd of 358 men's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:41 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 2:01 faster than the average race this season, by 253 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:29v median +0:16
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:48v median −0:02
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 4:59v median −0:11
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 5:04v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 5:00v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:56v median −0:22
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 4:50v median −0:23
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Block 08 9:27Running 8 4:54v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
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.