The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Serena Sportelli & Nicole Boreta crossed the line in 1:22:04: 428th of 1,111 women's teams, faster than 62% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 84% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:45 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 10:21Running 1 5:42v median −0:54
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:53v median −0:42
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:01v median −0:48
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 4:58v median −0:56
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:01v median −0:58
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:17v median −0:35
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:14v median −0:38
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 5:16v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.