The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Mcvey & Janet Campbell finished 600th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:30:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:18 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:50Running 1 6:50v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 5:36v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:32v median −0:18
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:31v median −0:23
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 5:34v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:43v median −0:10
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 5:42v median −0:11
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Block 08 11:11Running 8 5:47v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
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.