The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:02 at Birmingham 2026 put Michael Durante & Tom Pogmore 356th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:26Running 1 5:24v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:31v median −0:09
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 4:56v median −0:02
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:06v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:09v median +0:00
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:09v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:05Running 8 5:13v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:14
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.