The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joanne Micklewright & mark coltman finished 235th of 312 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:28:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:44 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:46 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 0:52 faster than the average race this season, by 1,430 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:10Running 1 6:26v median +0:26
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 5:19v median +0:10
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:28v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 5:36v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:30v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:41v median +0:11
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 5:34v median +0:06
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Block 08 10:49Running 8 5:46v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.