The race, in three figures
The race, in words
melissa Stanley & Matt Flavell finished 881st of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:00.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:38Running 1 6:11v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:34v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:48v median +0:22
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:50v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:46v median +0:15
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Block 06 10:55Running 6 9:02v median +3:33
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:56v median +0:23
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 5:47v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:51
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.