The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:53 at Birmingham 2025 put George Palmer & Flora Layard 514th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:11 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 9:44Running 1 5:29v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:20v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 5:45v median +0:23
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 6:09v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:15v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 6:22v median +0:56
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 6:09v median +0:42
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 6:07v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.