The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:00 at Birmingham 2026 put Tom Butterworth & Lucy Coverdale 325th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 55% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:32 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:29 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:55Running 1 5:27v median −0:23
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:32v median −0:34
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 4:36v median −0:50
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Block 04 8:37Running 4 4:53v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:44v median −0:47
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:34v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:57Running 7 4:30v median −1:03
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Block 08 8:53Running 8 4:31v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.