The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:41 at Birmingham 2025 put Rebecca Lee & Richard McCarthy 537th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:47 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 9:56Running 1 5:24v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:44v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 5:09v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 5:21v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:33v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:40v median +0:14
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 5:23v median −0:04
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Block 08 10:20Running 8 5:19v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:47
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.