The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Seal & James Newbury finished 552nd of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:25. The race faded late: the second half went 2:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:49 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 10:42Running 1 6:14v median +0:59
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:32v median +0:56
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:53v median +0:58
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 6:00v median +1:06
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:25v median +1:22
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:53v median +0:55
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 6:25v median +1:24
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Block 08 12:52Running 8 7:23v median +2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.