The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Raymond Beale & Tom Bennett crossed the line in 1:08:07: 183rd of 600 men's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 90% of the field across all eight, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:59 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:57Running 1 5:03v median −0:17
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 4:28v median −0:12
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Block 03 7:15Running 3 4:43v median −0:15
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Block 04 7:14Running 4 4:51v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 5:13v median +0:04
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 07 8:08Running 7 5:02v median −0:02
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Block 08 9:21Running 8 4:58v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 600
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 600 men's teams who finished.