The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Townsend & Ben Woodcock finished 338th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:16:14.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:30 on the median. A harder second half: 1:31 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 9:06Running 1 5:12v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:17Running 2 4:28v median −0:15
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:58v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 6:08v median +1:07
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 5:19v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:17v median +1:12
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 5:31v median +0:23
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Block 08 9:07Running 8 5:04v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 605
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 605 men's teams who finished.