The race, in three figures
The race, in words
ROSEMARY TERRIBLE & Matt Wills finished 404th of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:45. A harder second half: 6:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:23Running 1 5:56v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:00v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 5:01v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 4:55v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:06v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:12v median −0:08
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 5:19v median −0:01
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 5:39v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.