The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samantha West & Dean Butler finished 292nd of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:15:44, faster than 67% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 80% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 36% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:59 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:52Running 1 5:22v median −0:39
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:26v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 4:41v median −0:41
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 4:35v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:56v median −0:34
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Block 06 6:46Running 6 4:48v median −0:38
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 4:42v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 4:47v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:51
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.