The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sze Wing Erica Lau & Rushil Varsani finished 647th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:00Running 1 5:36v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:03v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:32v median +0:10
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 5:28v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:12v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 5:45v median +0:19
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 5:36v median +0:09
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 5:42v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.