The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darren Baker & Lyndsey Blackaby finished 583rd of 586 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:26:19.
The wall balls cost the most time: 5:08 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:23 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
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 15:32Running 1 10:01v median +4:02
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Block 02 13:02Running 2 9:15v median +4:01
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Block 03 16:34Running 3 10:03v median +4:35
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Block 04 18:22Running 4 10:07v median +4:39
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Block 05 16:58Running 5 10:23v median +4:52
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Block 06 12:52Running 6 10:23v median +4:54
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Block 07 18:42Running 7 11:03v median +5:32
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Block 08 21:04Running 8 11:09v median +5:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:23
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.