The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:53 at Birmingham 2025 put Penn Chai & Shinan Zhang 216th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 76% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:15 of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:31 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:57Running 1 5:39v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:36v median −0:29
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 4:31v median −0:51
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Block 04 8:05Running 4 4:43v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:53v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:37v median −0:49
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Block 07 8:30Running 7 4:41v median −0:46
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Block 08 9:01Running 8 4:29v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.