The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karen Cox & Lisa Austin finished 679th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:34:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:27 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:22 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 11:57Running 1 6:44v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:37v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:51v median +0:01
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 6:04v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:12v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 6:10v median +0:17
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 6:24v median +0:31
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 6:37v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.