The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:08 at Birmingham 2026 put Alastair Banton & Nicholas Fennell 490th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 52% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:45 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:43Running 1 7:26v median +2:06
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 6:17v median +1:37
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 6:26v median +1:28
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 6:20v median +1:18
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:30v median +1:21
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 6:29v median +1:27
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 6:22v median +1:18
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 6:28v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
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.