The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:44 at Birmingham 2026 put Stephen Metcalf & Isabel Tyldesley 192nd of 293 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:16 from the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 0:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:53Running 1 6:39v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:25v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:35v median +0:15
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 5:40v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:05v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:46v median +0:22
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 5:51v median +0:24
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 6:43v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.