The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tafadzwa Kumire & Zoe Pearce finished 492nd of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:22:09.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:41Running 1 6:12v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:46v median +0:24
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Block 04 8:36Running 4 5:30v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:24v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:20v median +0:54
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:47v median +0:20
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 6:51v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
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.