The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Graham Perkins & Tara Kazemzadeh finished 528th of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:48:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:50, behind 99% of the field.
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 11:07Running 1 6:49v median +1:00
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 6:11v median +1:08
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Block 03 10:49Running 3 6:32v median +1:14
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 6:53v median +1:34
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Block 05 12:59Running 5 7:37v median +2:12
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:56v median +1:36
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 7:05v median +1:45
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Block 08 15:54Running 8 8:24v median +3:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:50
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.