The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:59 at Birmingham 2025 put Rachel Hawkins & Alison Burchell 257th of 411 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:34. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,753 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:52Running 1 6:53v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:41v median +0:09
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:41v median −0:07
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 5:46v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:43v median −0:17
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:49v median −0:04
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:46v median −0:07
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 5:51v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 410
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 410 women's teams who finished.