The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gemma Vasey & Roger Loderick finished 332nd of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:25:14.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 30% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:10. The race faded late: the second half went 1:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:46Running 1 6:15v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:01v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:10v median −0:19
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Block 04 9:48Running 4 5:24v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:24v median −0:14
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:28v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 5:53v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 5:47v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.