The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:09 at Birmingham 2026 put Neil Curtis & Helen Saunders 402nd of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:04.
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 10:48Running 1 6:07v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 5:08v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:23v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:31v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:29v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:27v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 5:32v median +0:12
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 5:37v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.