The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:02 at Birmingham 2025 put Tom Gough & Kirsty Fraser 418th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 56% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:41 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:09 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 10:35Running 1 6:22v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:16v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 5:33v median +0:14
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 5:32v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:43v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:45v median +0:22
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Block 07 8:57Running 7 5:50v median +0:26
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 5:42v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 952
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 952 mixed teams who finished.