The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Cooper & Lee Whitfield finished 543rd of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:30.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:17Running 1 5:49v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:27v median +0:44
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 5:59v median +0:59
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 6:15v median +1:14
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 6:28v median +1:18
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 6:24v median +1:19
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 6:34v median +1:26
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Block 08 13:11Running 8 7:18v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.