The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lewis Cator & Jack Ridsdill finished 216th of 312 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:16:30.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:43 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:26Running 1 5:45v median +0:39
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 4:53v median +0:25
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Block 03 7:59Running 3 5:07v median +0:19
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:08v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:32v median +0:38
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 5:31v median +0:43
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 5:47v median +0:55
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 5:38v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 312
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 312 men's teams who finished.