The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:05 at Birmingham 2026 put Neil Smith & Pippa Hale 866th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 1,559 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 5:41v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:04v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:57v median +0:31
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 5:33v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 5:45v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 6:01v median +0:32
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 6:39v median +1:06
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Block 08 12:27Running 8 7:00v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.