The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:36 at Birmingham 2025 put Melissa Scott & Abbie Barns 579th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:49 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:04 worse 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 11:25Running 1 6:43v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 5:59v median +0:23
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 6:38v median +0:48
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 6:47v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 7:16v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 7:16v median +1:23
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 7:11v median +1:18
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 7:01v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:03
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.