The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:48 at Birmingham 2025 put Thomas Bemment & Emily Garton 452nd of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:15 on the median. A harder second half: 2:40 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 10:29Running 1 5:59v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 5:51v median +0:46
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:56v median +0:34
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 5:59v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:02v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 6:10v median +0:44
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 6:20v median +0:53
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 6:07v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.