The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hannah O'Leary & Stuart Raynor finished 680th of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:29:41.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:25 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 10:53Running 1 6:33v median +0:32
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:33v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:06v median +0:44
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 6:25v median +1:02
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:57v median +1:27
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Block 06 8:45Running 6 6:59v median +1:33
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 5:38v median +0:11
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Block 08 10:41Running 8 6:44v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:25
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.