The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sue Fergusson & Karen Gibbons finished 759th of 1,111 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:30:41.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:28. A harder second half: 2:38 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 11:29Running 1 6:26v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:31v median −0:04
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:33v median −0:16
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 5:40v median −0:14
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 5:41v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:47v median −0:05
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 5:48v median −0:04
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 6:37v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.