The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:36 at Birmingham 2025 put Laura Walsh & Matt Whale 723rd of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:02 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 10:46Running 1 6:13v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:17v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 5:25v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 5:35v median +0:12
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 5:56v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:41v median +0:15
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:39v median +0:12
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 5:56v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.