The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:13 at Birmingham 2026 put Blake Jones & Melissa Jones 940th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:35 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:34 better 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 10:13Running 1 5:28v median −0:22
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 5:16v median +0:10
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 5:42v median +0:16
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 5:47v median +0:22
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:46v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:31v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 5:43v median +0:10
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 6:44v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.