The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kelly Smith & Stacey Buckley finished 288th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:20:13, faster than 68% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 75% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 48% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:17 from the median.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,753 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:10Running 1 6:35v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 5:14v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:08v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 5:18v median −0:36
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:17v median −0:43
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 5:15v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 5:11v median −0:42
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Block 08 9:48Running 8 5:10v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.