The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Matthew Barker & Charlotte James crossed the line in 1:06:02: 132nd of 1,159 mixed teams, faster than 89% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:37 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:00, was faster than 87% 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 8:45Running 1 4:44v median −1:06
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 3:58v median −1:08
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 4:08v median −1:18
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Block 04 7:30Running 4 4:24v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:30Running 5 4:13v median −1:18
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Block 06 5:54Running 6 4:17v median −1:12
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:27v median −1:06
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Block 08 8:33Running 8 4:20v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 662
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 662 mixed teams who finished.