The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Males & JAMES CANDY finished 440th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:20:50.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:40Running 1 5:31v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:46v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 5:14v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:17v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:20v median +0:22
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 5:31v median +0:30
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 5:45v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.