The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shannon Mash & Tom Benson finished 476th of 560 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:28.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 0:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:29Running 1 5:56v median +0:01
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 5:21v median +0:08
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Block 03 10:11Running 3 5:49v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 5:47v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:45v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:36v median +0:06
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:35v median +0:01
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 6:16v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 560
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 560 mixed teams who finished.