The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Caroline Jenkins & Gemma Oliver crossed the line in 1:21:05: 384th of 1,111 women's teams, faster than 65% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 0:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:22 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 10:30Running 1 5:53v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 5:06v median −0:29
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 5:24v median −0:25
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 5:24v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:33v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:29v median −0:23
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:38v median −0:14
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 5:39v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1104
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,104 women's teams who finished.