The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Jack Matthews & Steven Friel at Birmingham 2026: 56:58, 11th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:56 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:57 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:33, was faster than 93% 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 7:55Running 1 4:06v median −1:18
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Block 02 5:16Running 2 3:24v median −1:19
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Block 03 6:28Running 3 3:38v median −1:22
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Block 04 6:18Running 4 3:35v median −1:26
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Block 05 7:43Running 5 3:37v median −1:33
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Block 06 4:41Running 6 3:32v median −1:33
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Block 07 6:32Running 7 3:45v median −1:23
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Block 08 7:39Running 8 3:36v median −1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:33
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.