The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Harriet Devaney & Michael Devaney finished 411th of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:42, behind 86% 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 9:51Running 1 5:25v median −0:24
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:07v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:19v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 5:29v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:54v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:41v median +0:21
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 6:00v median +0:40
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Block 08 12:09Running 8 6:33v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.