The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Michael Parkinson & Ella Parkinson 442nd of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:57. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 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 11:37Running 1 6:46v median +0:51
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 5:40v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 5:43v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:43v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:39v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:39v median +0:05
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Block 08 13:43Running 8 5:55v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.