The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, John Fitzgerald & Aoife O Connor crossed the line in 1:09:43: 140th of 889 mixed teams, faster than 84% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 98% of the field beaten on the stations, against 59% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:46 ahead of the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:47, ahead of 94% 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 9:30Running 1 5:17v median −0:44
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:46v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 5:18v median −0:04
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Block 04 7:20Running 4 5:30v median +0:07
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 5:22v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 5:12v median −0:14
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 5:43v median +0:16
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Block 08 8:45Running 8 5:06v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
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.