The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:22 at Birmingham 2025 put Zoe Smith & Thomas Armstrong 608th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:49 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:12 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,430 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 6:33v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 6:18v median +1:13
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 6:09v median +0:47
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 6:14v median +0:51
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 6:00v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:54v median +0:28
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 5:47v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:08Running 8 5:50v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.