The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:28 at Birmingham 2025 put Mark Stafford & Kelly Stafford 820th of 954 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:45Running 1 6:09v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:18v median +0:13
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Block 03 11:52Running 3 6:56v median +1:37
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 5:39v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 5:49v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:41v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 5:58v median +0:34
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 6:13v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.