The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:54 at Birmingham 2026 put Adrian Smith & Simon Bell 458th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:18 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:47 better against the middle of the field 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 11:07Running 1 6:24v median +1:00
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 5:18v median +0:35
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 5:12v median +0:12
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 5:21v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:15v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:15v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:14Running 7 5:17v median +0:09
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Block 08 11:12Running 8 5:28v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
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.