The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charlie Robinson & Sam Riley finished 753rd of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:30:32.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:35 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 11:37Running 1 7:17v median +1:21
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 6:02v median +0:57
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 6:17v median +0:58
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 6:38v median +1:17
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:13v median +1:45
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 6:34v median +1:11
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 6:32v median +1:08
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 6:46v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.