The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Llyr Head & Gav Jones finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:00:49 for 56th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:20 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:16 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:36, was faster than 90% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:28 faster than the average race this season, by 2,072 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:23v median −0:57
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Block 02 5:23Running 2 3:40v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:11Running 3 4:04v median −0:54
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Block 04 6:49Running 4 4:15v median −0:47
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Block 05 8:26Running 5 4:05v median −1:04
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Block 06 5:29Running 6 3:54v median −1:08
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Block 07 6:22Running 7 4:01v median −1:03
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Block 08 8:13Running 8 4:07v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:36
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.