The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Sidwell & Cathy Watson finished 695th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:50.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:35 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:31 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 11:04Running 1 6:44v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:23v median +0:18
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 6:08v median +0:49
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 6:15v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:49v median +1:21
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:28v median +1:05
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 6:43v median +1:19
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 6:33v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.