The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Alex Ward & Cathy Comerford crossed the line in 1:22:26: 445th of 1,111 women's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 54% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:08 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:58Running 1 6:23v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:25v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:39v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 5:50v median −0:04
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 6:07v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:52v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:28Running 7 5:57v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 5:48v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.