The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Werth & Rui De Oliveira finished 315th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:13:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 62% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:47 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:07 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 9:00Running 1 4:57v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:13v median −0:23
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Block 03 8:05Running 3 4:28v median −0:27
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Block 04 8:40Running 4 4:32v median −0:22
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:38v median −0:20
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 4:47v median −0:14
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:36v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:16
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.