The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Matthew Axe & Jody Bovey crossed the line in 1:06:45: 174th of 605 men's teams, faster than 71% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 90% of the field across all eight, against 61% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:46 on the median.
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 8:38Running 1 4:55v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:27v median −0:09
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Block 03 7:20Running 3 4:43v median −0:12
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 4:41v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 5:01v median −0:02
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Block 06 6:04Running 6 4:48v median −0:10
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Block 07 7:35Running 7 4:45v median −0:16
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Block 08 8:37Running 8 4:46v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
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.