The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gemma Brindley & Robert Hough finished 491st of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:41:07.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:42. The race faded late: the second half went 4:01 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 11:16Running 1 6:41v median +0:46
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 6:29v median +1:16
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 7:46v median +2:17
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 7:43v median +2:15
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:38v median +2:00
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Block 06 10:33Running 6 8:14v median +2:44
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 8:39v median +3:05
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 8:39v median +3:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.