The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:51 at Birmingham 2026 put Paul Blower & Iain Pooley 504th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:18 behind the median. 9:51 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:28 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:48v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:00v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 5:23v median +0:23
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 5:18v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:34v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:19v median +0:14
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 5:27v median +0:19
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 5:42v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:51
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 605
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 605 men's teams who finished.