The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Isabel Train & Matthew Fundell finished 664th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:22:42.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:48 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:39Running 1 6:38v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:16v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 5:32v median +0:06
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 5:47v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:54v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:58v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:54Running 7 6:13v median +0:40
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 5:45v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.