The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Harriet Alexander & Matt Orchard finished 651st of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:25:41.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:39Running 1 6:28v median +0:32
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:31v median +0:26
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 5:48v median +0:29
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 5:59v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 6:12v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:15v median +0:52
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 6:11v median +0:47
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Block 08 12:31Running 8 8:01v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.