The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:42 at Birmingham 2026 put Jacob Smith & Grace Alvey 472nd of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:30 slower than the median. 9:36 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 6:14v median +0:19
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 5:22v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:22v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 5:43v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 5:43v median +0:05
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 5:28v median −0:02
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Block 07 14:07Running 7 5:27v median −0:07
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 6:03v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:36
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.