The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Billie-jo Ford & Joshua Gater finished 224th of 293 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:31.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:00 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:30Running 1 7:06v median +1:15
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 6:00v median +0:50
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 6:15v median +0:55
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 6:21v median +0:58
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:24v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 6:13v median +0:49
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 6:18v median +0:51
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 6:55v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 293
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 293 mixed teams who finished.