The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Elizabeth Cummings & Jamie Cummings crossed the line in 1:14:37: 348th of 954 mixed teams, faster than 64% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:07 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 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 9:12Running 1 5:05v median −0:51
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:30v median −0:35
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 4:37v median −0:42
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 4:39v median −0:42
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 4:47v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:40v median −0:43
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 4:44v median −0:40
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 4:50v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 952
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 952 mixed teams who finished.