The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dan Wakelam & Martin Donald finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:00:28 for 51st of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:56 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:15 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:19, ahead of 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:38v median −0:42
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Block 02 5:48Running 2 3:54v median −0:46
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Block 03 6:36Running 3 4:02v median −0:56
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Block 04 6:33Running 4 4:04v median −0:58
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 4:06v median −1:03
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Block 06 5:44Running 6 4:09v median −0:53
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Block 07 6:52Running 7 4:07v median −0:57
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Block 08 7:41Running 8 4:11v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 600
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 600 men's teams who finished.