The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:40 at Birmingham 2025 put Steven Ash & Sarah Ash 508th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:36 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 10:20Running 1 5:52v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:40v median −0:25
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:42v median +0:20
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 5:00v median −0:23
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:06v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:10v median −0:16
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 5:28v median +0:01
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 5:14v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:32
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.