The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daisy Self & Martin Self finished 821st of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:43:15.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:54 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 11:49Running 1 7:24v median +1:23
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 6:48v median +1:43
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 7:26v median +2:04
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 7:50v median +2:27
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Block 05 13:04Running 5 7:57v median +2:27
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 7:50v median +2:24
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 8:03v median +2:36
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 8:05v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.