The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cai Pugh & Anna Welch finished 499th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:17:46, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:32 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:42 behind the median.
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 9:29Running 1 5:30v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:01v median −0:25
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 5:10v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:01v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 5:01v median −0:28
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:11v median −0:22
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 5:06v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.