The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katy Ware & Olly Ware finished 383rd of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:49.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:50 on the median. A harder second half: 1:39 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 10:25Running 1 6:26v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:56v median +0:43
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 6:00v median +0:31
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 6:09v median +0:41
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 6:23v median +0:45
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:11v median +0:41
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 6:35v median +1:01
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 7:33v median +1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.