The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Scott Dunsmore & Lucy Allan crossed the line in 1:15:06: 397th of 1,159 mixed teams, faster than 66% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:00 on the median. A harder second half: 2:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:39Running 1 5:36v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:43v median −0:23
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 5:25v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:52v median +0:23
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 5:40v median +0:07
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 5:27v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
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.