The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Natalie Matthews & Gemma Grant finished 510th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:28 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:35Running 1 8:36v median +2:03
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:01v median −0:35
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:29v median −0:21
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 5:19v median −0:35
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:18v median −0:42
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:22v median −0:31
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 5:24v median −0:29
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Block 08 9:51Running 8 5:29v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.