The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Laura Garvey & Susan Bradfield at Birmingham 2025: 1:05:24, 12th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:10 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:46, was faster than 98% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,753 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:51v median −1:42
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 4:16v median −1:20
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 4:37v median −1:13
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:20v median −1:34
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:25v median −1:35
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 4:25v median −1:28
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Block 07 7:02Running 7 4:36v median −1:17
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Block 08 7:42Running 8 4:13v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:46
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 903
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 903 women's teams who finished.