The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Parry & Stefanie Parry finished 346th of 586 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:24:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:34. The race faded late: the second half went 1:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,559 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:40Running 1 6:05v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:04v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 5:04v median −0:24
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 5:08v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:24v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:24v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 5:36v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:22Running 8 5:51v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.