The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Tennant & Rebecca Carless finished 553rd of 586 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:50:17.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:52. A harder second half: 8:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,559 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:06Running 1 7:16v median +1:17
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 6:18v median +1:04
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 6:45v median +1:17
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 7:00v median +1:32
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 8:00v median +2:29
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 7:20v median +1:51
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Block 07 15:23Running 7 7:23v median +1:52
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Block 08 17:17Running 8 8:39v median +3:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.