The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:33 at Birmingham 2026 put steven kay & Jake Fox 493rd of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 4:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:00 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 9:56Running 1 6:00v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:43v median +1:00
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 5:56v median +0:56
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 6:12v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:37v median +1:27
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:33v median +1:28
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 6:35v median +1:27
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 6:57v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:00
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.