The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Ellis & Cal Murphy finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 56:56 for 10th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:28 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:17, was faster than 96% 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 8:18Running 1 4:25v median −0:50
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Block 02 5:29Running 2 3:38v median −0:58
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Block 03 6:18Running 3 3:48v median −1:07
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Block 04 6:07Running 4 3:50v median −1:04
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Block 05 7:50Running 5 3:47v median −1:16
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Block 06 5:08Running 6 3:56v median −1:02
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Block 07 6:11Running 7 4:03v median −0:58
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Block 08 7:24Running 8 3:56v median −1:08
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.