The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lesley Lavender & Hayley Clark finished 644th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:32:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:17. A harder second half: 1:54 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 12:21Running 1 7:10v median +0:37
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:42v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 5:53v median +0:03
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 5:55v median +0:01
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:19v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:06v median +0:13
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 5:58v median +0:05
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Block 08 12:27Running 8 6:49v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
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.