The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Sarah Blakey & Abigail Lang crossed the line in 1:24:11: 422nd of 904 women's teams, faster than 53% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 68% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:13. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:38Running 1 6:04v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 5:06v median −0:30
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 5:27v median −0:23
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 5:24v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:31v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:33v median −0:20
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 5:42v median −0:11
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 5:38v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.