The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Alex Poon & Ben Lowes crossed the line in 1:03:15: 83rd of 605 men's teams, faster than 86% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 96% of the field across all eight, against 75% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:17 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:43, 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 8:16Running 1 4:29v median −0:55
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Block 02 6:00Running 2 4:01v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:11Running 3 4:35v median −0:25
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Block 04 6:55Running 4 4:40v median −0:21
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:36v median −0:34
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Block 06 5:53Running 6 4:32v median −0:33
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Block 07 7:15Running 7 4:49v median −0:19
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Block 08 8:21Running 8 4:42v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:43
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.