The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Shaw & Chantalle Shaw finished 1,051st of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:41:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:19Running 1 7:45v median +1:55
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Block 02 9:34Running 2 6:47v median +1:41
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 7:27v median +2:01
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 7:28v median +2:03
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Block 05 12:27Running 5 7:36v median +2:05
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Block 06 9:47Running 6 7:43v median +2:14
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Block 07 13:26Running 7 7:52v median +2:19
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 7:38v median +1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.