The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Andrew Smith & Tyra Cadette at Birmingham 2025: 1:04:59, 50th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. A harder second half: 1:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:04, ahead of 89% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 0:52 faster than the average race this season, by 1,430 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:23v median −1:38
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Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:00v median −1:05
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 4:09v median −1:13
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Block 04 7:00Running 4 4:04v median −1:19
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:06v median −1:24
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:04v median −1:22
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Block 07 7:47Running 7 4:46v median −0:41
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Block 08 8:13Running 8 4:02v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
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.