The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Williams & Ben Quainton finished 412th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:18:36.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:42 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 9:14Running 1 5:17v median +0:02
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:42v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 5:36v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:50v median +0:47
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 6:24v median +1:26
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Block 07 9:10Running 7 5:21v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 6:00v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.