The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Need & Matt Rowley finished 717th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:28:57.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:40 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:01Running 1 6:43v median +0:47
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:57v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 6:40v median +1:21
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 6:48v median +1:27
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 6:33v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:58v median +1:35
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 6:52v median +1:28
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Block 08 11:44Running 8 6:42v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.