The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tim Horn & Paul Appleford finished 590th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:51:51.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:32. A harder second half: 6:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:49 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 12:00Running 1 7:06v median +1:46
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:59v median +1:19
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 5:55v median +0:57
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 6:05v median +1:03
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 6:22v median +1:13
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:16v median +1:14
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 6:16v median +1:12
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Block 08 18:13Running 8 7:17v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:49
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.