The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rhys Owen & Gareth Owen finished 597th of 600 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:00:50.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:48. The race faded late: the second half went 8:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:30 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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 11:32Running 1 6:40v median +1:20
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 7:13v median +2:33
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Block 03 12:47Running 3 8:05v median +3:07
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Block 04 14:47Running 4 7:42v median +2:40
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Block 05 14:01Running 5 8:35v median +3:26
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Block 06 10:34Running 6 8:25v median +3:23
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Block 07 16:42Running 7 8:13v median +3:09
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Block 08 19:13Running 8 10:18v median +5:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:30
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.