The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:19 at Birmingham 2026 put Alex Gwatkin & Sam Cochrane 444th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:27 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:31Running 1 5:32v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:44v median +0:08
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 5:01v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 5:15v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:48v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:08v median +0:10
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:09Running 8 5:15v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.