The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Samantha Strickleton & Rachel Varnham crossed the line in 1:24:14: 424th of 904 women's teams, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 83% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:55 on the median. A harder second half: 1:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:16Running 1 6:30v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 5:47v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 6:13v median +0:23
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 6:05v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 6:15v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 6:09v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 6:13v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 6:48v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:09
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.