The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, Richard Woodside & Jacob Doughty crossed the line in 1:13:09: 292nd of 600 men's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 38% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:11. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 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 9:09Running 1 5:00v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:34v median −0:06
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:37v median −0:21
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:47v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 5:00v median −0:09
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:49v median −0:13
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:56v median −0:08
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 4:56v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.