The race, in three figures
The race, in words
George Thomson & Joe Connolly finished 211th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:09:20, faster than 65% of the field.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:37 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 9:03Running 1 4:59v median −0:21
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 4:14v median −0:26
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Block 03 7:20Running 3 4:22v median −0:36
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Block 04 7:29Running 4 4:28v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:37v median −0:32
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Block 06 6:09Running 6 4:45v median −0:17
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 4:34v median −0:30
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Block 08 9:24Running 8 4:57v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
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.