The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Lucie Mauger & Nick Jelley crossed the line in 1:14:17: 177th of 586 mixed teams, faster than 70% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 58% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:47 on the median. A harder second half: 4:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 0:49 faster than the average race this season, by 1,559 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:29v median −1:30
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:11v median −1:03
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 4:44v median −0:44
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 5:47v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 6:05v median +0:34
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 4:54v median −0:35
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 7:35v median +2:04
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 5:10v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 586
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 586 mixed teams who finished.