The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Stephen Cummins & Natalie Black crossed the line in 1:21:20: 268th of 560 mixed teams, faster than 52% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:34 on the median.
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 10:14Running 1 5:59v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:30v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:48v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 5:47v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:52v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:43v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 5:44v median +0:10
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Block 08 10:22Running 8 6:05v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.