The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Eric Marah & Ava Marah crossed the line in 1:11:10: 259th of 1,159 mixed teams, faster than 78% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 65% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:02, was faster than 86% 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 9:47Running 1 5:32v median −0:18
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:52v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:05Running 3 4:55v median −0:31
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 5:02v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 5:01v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:11v median −0:18
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Block 07 8:05Running 7 5:10v median −0:23
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Block 08 9:03Running 8 4:59v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:02
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.