The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:10 at Birmingham 2026 put Mathew Harries & Lynsey Pike 303rd of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 0:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:58Running 1 5:27v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:05v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:27v median −0:02
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Block 04 8:55Running 4 5:17v median −0:11
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:20v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:19v median −0:11
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 5:17v median −0:17
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 5:33v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.