The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Reddington & Thomas Hargreaves finished 382nd of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:18:42.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:43Running 1 5:46v median +0:26
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:44v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:46v median +0:48
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 6:02v median +1:00
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 6:05v median +0:56
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 6:01v median +0:59
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 6:26v median +1:22
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Block 08 10:27Running 8 6:00v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
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.