The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Calum Dickinson & Shannon Scofield crossed the line in 1:17:18: 426th of 954 mixed teams, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:24 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:33 better 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 9:48Running 1 5:43v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:10v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 6:00v median +0:41
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 6:07v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:52v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:45v median +0:22
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 6:02v median +0:38
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 6:08v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
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.