The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ellie Ashton & Richard Howells finished 499th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:19:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 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 10:33Running 1 6:01v median +0:05
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:50v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:06v median −0:13
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 5:00v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:29v median +0:01
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:06v median −0:17
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 5:21v median −0:03
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Block 08 10:49Running 8 5:10v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.