The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jamie Lamb & Philip Matthews finished 415th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:20:50.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:51 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 5:32v median +0:08
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:05v median +0:22
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 5:36v median +0:36
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 6:30v median +1:29
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:54v median +0:44
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:28v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:47v median +0:39
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Block 08 11:04Running 8 6:27v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.