The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:50 at Birmingham 2026 put Natasha Bartlett & Edward Strickland 261st of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 40% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:43 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:52 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 9:32Running 1 5:13v median −0:42
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:43v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:28v median −0:01
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 5:21v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:38v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:13v median −0:17
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:17v median −0:17
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Block 08 10:29Running 8 5:29v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 560
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 560 mixed teams who finished.