The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dan Williams & Naomi Heffernan finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2025, in 59:06 for 11th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:26 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:02 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:05, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 0:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 4:25v median −1:36
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Block 02 5:31Running 2 3:49v median −1:16
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 4:04v median −1:18
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Block 04 6:45Running 4 3:59v median −1:24
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Block 05 8:00Running 5 4:03v median −1:27
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Block 06 5:31Running 6 4:00v median −1:26
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Block 07 6:36Running 7 4:06v median −1:21
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Block 08 7:19Running 8 3:59v median −1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:05
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 886
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 886 mixed teams who finished.