The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Daniel Smith & Hayley Purps crossed the line in 1:12:01: 284th of 1,159 mixed teams, faster than 76% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:48 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:30 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:42Running 1 5:40v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:36v median −0:30
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Block 03 8:06Running 3 4:44v median −0:42
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Block 04 7:53Running 4 4:48v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:53v median −0:38
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:51v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:10Running 7 4:59v median −0:34
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Block 08 8:53Running 8 4:54v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:51
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.