The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emma Roberts & Gaz Roden finished 353rd of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:17:29, faster than 60% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:46 on the median. A harder second half: 1:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,430 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:28Running 1 5:11v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:25v median −0:40
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 4:46v median −0:36
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Block 04 7:59Running 4 5:09v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:14v median −0:16
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:48v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 5:10v median −0:17
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Block 08 10:40Running 8 5:34v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:57
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.