The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:03 at Birmingham 2025 put Gemma Rowland & Eleanor Buck 227th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 75% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 96% of the field beaten on the stations, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:15 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:45Running 1 6:20v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:20v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:38v median −0:12
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:42v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:48v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:40v median −0:13
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 5:53v median +0:00
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Block 08 9:54Running 8 6:09v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.