The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, Gemma Walton & Cheryl Chisholm crossed the line in 1:23:37: 498th of 1,111 women's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:41. A harder second half: 1:34 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 10:35Running 1 6:07v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:26v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 5:32v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 5:40v median −0:14
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:57v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:51v median −0:01
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Block 07 10:06Running 7 5:44v median −0:08
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 5:55v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.