The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:47 at Birmingham 2026 put Mark Derbyshire & Liam Bourne 452nd of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:31 slower than the median.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:28 faster than the average race this season, by 2,072 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:25Running 1 6:32v median +1:12
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:43v median +1:03
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 6:05v median +1:07
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 6:10v median +1:08
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 6:26v median +1:17
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 6:10v median +1:08
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:57v median +0:53
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Block 08 10:43Running 8 6:11v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.