The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:44 at Birmingham 2026 put Sarah Hicks & Sam Baines 858th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:03. The race faded late: the second half went 4:51 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 9:57Running 1 5:22v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:56v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 5:00v median −0:26
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 5:11v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:32v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:08v median −0:21
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 5:14v median −0:19
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Block 08 15:20Running 8 5:32v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.