The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Alex Shattock & Rhiannon Saunders crossed the line in 1:12:42: 305th of 1,159 mixed teams, faster than 74% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:37 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:15 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:50Running 1 4:58v median −0:52
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:33v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:55v median −0:31
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 4:53v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 5:08v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:12Running 6 4:48v median −0:41
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 4:52v median −0:41
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Block 08 9:15Running 8 4:45v median −0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
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.