The race, in three figures
The race, in words
53:05 won the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026 for Joe Sankey & JAMES MCDONALD, first of 605 men's teams.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:08 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:00, ahead of 99% 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 7:15Running 1 3:38v median −1:37
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Block 02 4:50Running 2 3:08v median −1:28
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Block 03 5:39Running 3 3:22v median −1:33
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Block 04 6:25Running 4 3:31v median −1:23
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Block 05 7:23Running 5 3:29v median −1:34
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Block 06 4:39Running 6 3:27v median −1:31
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Block 07 5:59Running 7 3:31v median −1:30
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Block 08 7:05Running 8 3:33v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:00
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.