The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Jones & Hari Tudor-Jones finished 494th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:25:14.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:54. A harder second half: 2:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:03, behind 86% 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 10:20Running 1 6:00v median +0:45
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:17v median +0:41
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:41v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 6:17v median +1:23
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:59v median +0:56
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:55v median +0:57
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 5:54v median +0:53
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Block 08 11:53Running 8 6:37v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:03
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.