The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andy Lyons & Mike Lyons finished 566th of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:33.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:39. The race faded late: the second half went 3:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:00 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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 10:44Running 1 6:13v median +0:58
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:33v median +0:57
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 6:22v median +1:27
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 6:27v median +1:33
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:59v median +1:56
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 6:41v median +1:43
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 6:53v median +1:52
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 7:09v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
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.