The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Gavin David & Isabel Matthews at Birmingham 2025: 1:01:57, 51st of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:18 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:10 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:23, ahead of 97% 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 8:36Running 1 4:38v median −1:18
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Block 02 5:53Running 2 3:59v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:18v median −1:01
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Block 04 6:48Running 4 4:18v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:15v median −1:13
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 4:16v median −1:07
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Block 07 6:51Running 7 4:21v median −1:03
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Block 08 7:38Running 8 4:17v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:23
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 952
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 952 mixed teams who finished.