The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jess Saxon & Martin Sands finished 693rd of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 10:23Running 1 5:51v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:40v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 5:30v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:53v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:46v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 5:32v median +0:08
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Block 08 12:53Running 8 6:06v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.