The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Leigh Tebay & Bethany Alcock crossed the line in 1:23:32: 495th of 1,111 women's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 49% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:48 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 better against the middle of the field 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 11:49Running 1 7:14v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:42v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 6:01v median +0:12
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 5:51v median −0:03
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:50v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:50v median −0:02
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 5:49v median −0:03
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Block 08 9:44Running 8 5:34v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.