The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Humphries & Steven Woodcock finished 430th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:21:19.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:36. A harder second half: 1:14 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 10:09Running 1 5:43v median +0:23
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:58v median +0:18
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 4:57v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 5:05v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:27v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 5:25v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 5:37v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.