The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:02 at Birmingham 2026 put Thomas Halstead & Oliver Simpson 461st of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:48. A harder second half: 2:17 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 10:05Running 1 5:34v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:56v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 5:25v median +0:25
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Block 04 9:31Running 4 5:21v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:44v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:15v median +0:10
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 5:25v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 5:23v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.