The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aimee Draper & Matt Say finished 979th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:35:24.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:49 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 0:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:08Running 1 6:42v median +0:52
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 6:34v median +1:28
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:15v median +0:49
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 6:16v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:46v median +1:15
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:06v median +1:37
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 6:32v median +0:59
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Block 08 14:04Running 8 9:00v median +3:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.