The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Derrick Porte & Vanusa Angeli Novaes finished 452nd of 586 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:19.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:55 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:13 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 9:59Running 1 5:31v median −0:28
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:17v median +0:03
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Block 03 8:25Running 3 5:26v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 5:28v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:34v median +0:03
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Block 06 15:44Running 6 13:38v median +8:09
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 6:50v median +1:19
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 6:48v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:00
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.