The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pete Farrell & Sarah Desforges-Poths finished 529th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:23:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:00 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 10:26Running 1 5:50v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:45v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 4:59v median −0:23
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 4:56v median −0:27
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 5:04v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:07v median −0:19
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 5:12v median −0:15
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 5:09v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
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.