The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Tom Gough & Kirsty Gough crossed the line in 1:20:02: 560th of 1,159 mixed teams, faster than 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 93% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:13 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:53 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 11:33Running 1 7:16v median +1:26
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:56v median +0:50
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 6:05v median +0:39
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 6:02v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 6:03v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 6:08v median +0:39
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Block 07 9:06Running 7 6:18v median +0:45
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Block 08 10:18Running 8 6:11v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
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.