The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:42 at Birmingham 2026 put Mike Ornellas & Gem Hicks 540th of 549 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:43. The race faded late: the second half went 6:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:29 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 12:37Running 1 7:48v median +1:59
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 6:46v median +1:43
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Block 03 12:13Running 3 6:36v median +1:18
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Block 04 14:48Running 4 7:18v median +1:59
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 7:24v median +1:59
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Block 06 10:20Running 6 7:39v median +2:19
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Block 07 16:43Running 7 7:56v median +2:36
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Block 08 17:39Running 8 8:22v median +2:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.