The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christophe Abadie & Lee Arrowsmith finished 581st of 605 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:40:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 27% of the field across all eight, against 1% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:15 in the roxzone was slower than 88% 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 12:03Running 1 7:46v median +2:31
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 6:53v median +2:17
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 7:22v median +2:27
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 7:34v median +2:40
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Block 05 12:56Running 5 7:52v median +2:49
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Block 06 10:31Running 6 8:05v median +3:07
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 8:15v median +3:14
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 8:40v median +3:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.