The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Thorpe & Sam Helm finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 59:00 for 28th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:51 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:25, ahead of 95% 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 8:11Running 1 4:26v median −0:58
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Block 02 5:30Running 2 3:45v median −0:58
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Block 03 6:44Running 3 3:50v median −1:10
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Block 04 6:32Running 4 3:55v median −1:06
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Block 05 7:53Running 5 3:54v median −1:16
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Block 06 5:33Running 6 4:02v median −1:03
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Block 07 6:32Running 7 3:53v median −1:15
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Block 08 7:46Running 8 4:00v median −1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:25
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.