The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julia Thompson & Samin Saadat finished 415th of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:46.
The stations carried this race: faster than 79% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 4:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:15 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 10:31Running 1 6:26v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:50v median +0:37
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:54v median +0:25
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 6:09v median +0:41
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:52v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 7:06v median +1:36
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Block 07 14:29Running 7 10:42v median +5:08
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Block 08 10:00Running 8 6:18v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.