The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:43 at Birmingham 2026 put Carl Chapman & Simon Cowlishaw 299th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 50% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 35% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:51. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:28 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 5:07v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:37v median −0:03
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Block 03 7:47Running 3 4:41v median −0:17
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:48v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:02v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:59v median −0:03
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 4:59v median −0:05
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Block 08 9:31Running 8 5:08v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
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.