The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Walker & Tim Wildey finished 553rd of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:34:54.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:05 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:04Running 1 6:43v median +1:23
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 5:50v median +1:10
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 6:13v median +1:15
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 6:26v median +1:24
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:48v median +1:39
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:42v median +1:40
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 6:55v median +1:51
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Block 08 12:54Running 8 7:23v median +2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 600
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 600 men's teams who finished.