The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niral Joshi & Sachin Joshi finished 571st of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:40:28.
The stations carried this race: faster than 24% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:40 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 11:21Running 1 7:05v median +1:41
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 6:13v median +1:30
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 7:30v median +2:30
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 7:12v median +2:11
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 7:23v median +2:13
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 7:17v median +2:12
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 6:54v median +1:46
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Block 08 15:51Running 8 10:38v median +5:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:40
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.