The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Isobel Love & Arwand Barnard finished 832nd of 889 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:44:26.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:00 in the roxzone was slower than 88% 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 11:55Running 1 7:33v median +1:32
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 7:14v median +2:09
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Block 03 12:28Running 3 7:24v median +2:02
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 7:42v median +2:19
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Block 05 13:54Running 5 8:42v median +3:12
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 7:51v median +2:25
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 8:41v median +3:14
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Block 08 13:25Running 8 8:38v median +3:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:00
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.