The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Heather Bateman & Scott Marshall-Bowater finished 401st of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:21Running 1 5:50v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:06v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:21v median +0:03
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:24v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 5:31v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:29v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:41v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 6:15v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 549
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 549 mixed teams who finished.