The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Megan O’Neill & Andy Johnson finished 755th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:30:39.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:48 on the median. A harder second half: 1:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,430 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:13Running 1 7:13v median +1:17
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 6:27v median +1:22
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 6:48v median +1:29
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 6:51v median +1:30
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 7:00v median +1:32
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:59v median +1:36
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 7:25v median +2:01
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 7:05v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.