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Josh Alder & Alex Istrate — Birmingham 2026

M 16-24 n = 600
Finish · net time
1:35:31
+21:34 v median 1:13:57
Course −1:28 v season average ±0:14 · 2,072 teams
Men
557/600
16-24
52/58
Field beaten
7%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
17%
Runs
6%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:15
v median
504/600
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Pull
+2:03
v median
592/600
Rank

The race, in words

1:35:31 at Birmingham 2026 put Josh Alder & Alex Istrate 557th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.

On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 2:03. The roxzone cost time: 11:42, behind 98% 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

  1. Block 01 9:44
    Running 1 5:26
    v median +0:06
    v median +0:15
  2. Block 02 8:04
    Running 2 4:49
    v median +0:09
    v median +1:17
  3. Block 03 11:45
    Running 3 6:25
    v median +1:27
    v median +2:03
  4. Block 04 10:17
    Running 4 6:35
    v median +1:33
    v median +0:20
  5. Block 05 12:08
    Running 5 7:05
    v median +1:56
    1000m Row 5:03
    v median +0:32
  6. Block 06 7:40
    Running 6 5:32
    v median +0:30
    v median +0:27
  7. Block 07 11:06
    Running 7 6:09
    v median +1:05
    v median +1:16
  8. Block 08 13:14
    Running 8 6:48
    v median +1:38
    Wall Balls 6:26
    v median +2:02

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 11:42

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:00
0:18 0:42
B2 · 50m Sled Push
2:06
0:13 1:53
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
2:00
0:05 1:55
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:35
0:28 1:07
B5 · 1000m Row
1:29
0:23 1:06
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:25
0:54 0:31
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:08
0:43 1:25
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 21:34
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 21:34 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Doubles Open · Men at Birmingham 2026

See this race on page 60
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JI1940
Measured against
Men · n = 600