The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Short & Danny Vilia finished 541st of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:40.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:16 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 10:05Running 1 5:56v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:46v median +1:10
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 6:17v median +1:22
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 6:21v median +1:27
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:33v median +1:30
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:32v median +1:34
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Block 07 10:35Running 7 6:52v median +1:51
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 6:43v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
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.