The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:54 at Birmingham 2022 put Simon Baker & Glen Darby 291st of 358 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:38 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 10:06Running 1 5:50v median +0:37
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:03v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:27v median +0:17
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 5:24v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:42v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 5:43v median +0:25
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 5:35v median +0:22
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Block 08 10:50Running 8 6:17v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:53
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.