The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:35 at Birmingham 2026 put Anthony Boyce & Aileen Murdoch 150th of 293 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 73% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:50 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:48 better against the middle of the field 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 10:31Running 1 6:24v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:42v median +0:32
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:53v median +0:33
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 5:56v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 6:01v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:43v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:43v median +0:16
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:35v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 293
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 293 mixed teams who finished.