The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:01 at Birmingham 2026 put Simon Smith & Clive Wilkins 585th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:27 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:22 in the roxzone was slower than 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 12:44Running 1 7:39v median +2:19
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 6:39v median +1:59
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 6:57v median +1:59
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Block 04 13:18Running 4 7:02v median +2:00
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 7:11v median +2:02
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Block 06 9:29Running 6 6:58v median +1:56
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Block 07 15:19Running 7 7:11v median +2:07
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Block 08 13:52Running 8 7:58v median +2:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
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.