The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Brighouse & Denise Sandford finished 411th of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:31.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:33 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:06Running 1 6:18v median +0:23
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 5:21v median +0:08
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:31v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 5:33v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:36v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:43v median +0:13
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:49v median +0:15
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 5:55v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
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.