The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:24 at Birmingham 2022 put Paul Smith & Mark Williams 173rd of 358 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 52% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:59 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 253 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:01 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:54v median −0:19
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:25v median −0:25
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 4:36v median −0:34
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Block 04 7:15Running 4 4:42v median −0:35
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:56v median −0:27
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:57v median −0:21
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 5:09v median −0:04
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 5:06v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
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.