The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Blanch & Joanna Blanch finished 353rd of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:24:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:56 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:22 better against the middle of the field 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 10:50Running 1 6:06v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 5:16v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:23v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 5:22v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:23v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:20v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:34Running 7 5:18v median −0:02
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Block 08 11:02Running 8 5:24v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 549
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 549 mixed teams who finished.