The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Katherine Johnston & Sam Matthew crossed the line in 1:20:24: 443rd of 889 mixed teams, faster than 50% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:42 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse 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 10:01Running 1 5:45v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 5:27v median +0:22
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:33v median +0:11
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 5:28v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:41v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:45v median +0:19
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:48v median +0:21
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 5:45v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.