The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:01 at Birmingham 2026 put Poppy Surplice & Daniel Richards 137th of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:56 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:25 better 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 9:02Running 1 4:57v median −0:52
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:30v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:44v median −0:34
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 4:45v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:11Running 5 4:45v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:40v median −0:40
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:36v median −0:44
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Block 08 8:49Running 8 4:36v median −0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
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.