The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Greg Walters & Matt Bailey finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 56:47 for 9th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:20 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:14 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:17, was faster than 97% 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 7:58Running 1 4:14v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:24Running 2 3:35v median −1:08
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Block 03 6:26Running 3 3:48v median −1:12
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Block 04 5:54Running 4 3:46v median −1:15
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Block 05 7:55Running 5 3:49v median −1:21
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Block 06 5:10Running 6 3:46v median −1:19
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Block 07 6:24Running 7 3:44v median −1:24
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Block 08 7:26Running 8 3:48v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 605
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 605 men's teams who finished.