The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:08 at Birmingham 2025 put Michelle Matthews & Jack Linstead 221st of 312 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:43. The race faded late: the second half went 1:29 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 10:34Running 1 6:14v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:10v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:27v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 5:28v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:31v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:45v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 5:40v median +0:12
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 5:43v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 312
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 312 mixed teams who finished.