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FUMR
I see what you mean. Exactly same type and company (i.e. not that one of them was an ACMI company flying for EXS). I also noted that after the split the MAN flight came down the west side and the BHX flight down the east side of the island. Of course ATC may have had reasons which we are not party to just watching it on FR24. I also know from my past that there was often friendly rivalry between crews to see who could get in (or out) first. What FR24 shows is that the MAN flight kept their speed up longer than yours did. Again that may have been dictated by ATC. Just don't know.
I watch FR24 a fair bit and have never seen something similar before. Did you notice the private jet that came in behind the Manchester flight too ahead of the Birmingham flight!? Funnily enough the return flight to Brum got away way ahead of the Manchester flight!