The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:08 at Birmingham 2026 put Emi-Leigh Rudd & Zach Benson-lester 443rd of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:34 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 11:00Running 1 6:40v median +0:51
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 6:03v median +1:00
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 6:33v median +1:15
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 6:39v median +1:20
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:34v median +1:09
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:38v median +1:18
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 6:44v median +1:24
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 8:41v median +3:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.