The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Ross Courtney & Tom Elvin 491st of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:37 on the median. A harder second half: 1:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:40Running 1 6:33v median +1:09
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 5:50v median +1:07
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 6:26v median +1:26
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 6:34v median +1:33
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:52v median +1:42
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:59v median +1:54
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 6:58v median +1:50
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 7:03v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.