The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Jake Smith & Abbey Thomas at Birmingham 2026: 1:02:57, 20th of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:14 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:42, was faster than 95% of the field.
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 8:30Running 1 4:23v median −1:32
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Block 02 5:47Running 2 3:49v median −1:24
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:12v median −1:17
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Block 04 7:09Running 4 4:08v median −1:20
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Block 05 8:39Running 5 4:11v median −1:27
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Block 06 5:40Running 6 4:05v median −1:25
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Block 07 7:01Running 7 4:05v median −1:29
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Block 08 8:08Running 8 4:16v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 560
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 560 mixed teams who finished.