The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:45 at Birmingham 2025 put Samantha Christopher & Sarah Jayne Darbyshire 889th of 904 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:04. A harder second half: 3:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:40 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:50 faster than the average race this season, by 1,753 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:44Running 1 8:27v median +1:54
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Block 02 10:21Running 2 7:42v median +2:06
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 7:46v median +1:56
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Block 04 16:22Running 4 7:47v median +1:53
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Block 05 13:56Running 5 8:04v median +2:04
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Block 06 11:55Running 6 9:39v median +3:46
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Block 07 16:51Running 7 8:11v median +2:18
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 7:56v median +2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:40
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.