The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Benwell & Abbey Benwell finished 1,024th of 1,159 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:19.
A station race more than a running one: 39% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 0:49 faster than the average race this season, by 1,559 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:10Running 1 7:55v median +2:05
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:35v median +1:29
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 7:04v median +1:38
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 7:08v median +1:43
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 7:21v median +1:50
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 7:17v median +1:48
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 7:43v median +2:10
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 7:42v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 662
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 662 mixed teams who finished.