The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Conor Crowley & Joseph Swan finished 463rd of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:23:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:22, behind 95% 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 9:12Running 1 5:21v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 4:52v median +0:16
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 5:45v median +0:50
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 5:20v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:39v median +0:41
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:26v median +0:25
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 6:49v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.