The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Scott Ormond & Angharad James crossed the line in 1:11:19: 123rd of 549 mixed teams, faster than 78% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 67% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:06 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:24Running 1 5:22v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 4:52v median −0:26
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Block 04 7:27Running 4 4:47v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 5:01v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:10v median −0:10
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:05v median −0:15
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Block 08 9:07Running 8 5:11v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 549
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 549 mixed teams who finished.