The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:27 at Birmingham 2025 put Karen Cooke & Una Kerin 860th of 1,111 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 34% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:17 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,753 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:50 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:45Running 1 6:56v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:58v median +0:23
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 6:09v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 6:23v median +0:29
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Block 05 12:15Running 5 6:37v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:27v median +0:35
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 6:08v median +0:16
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 6:18v median +0:25
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.