The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Hugh Walshaw & Andrew Baxter at Birmingham 2026: 58:17, 62nd of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 70% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:44 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:16, was faster than 94% of the field.
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 7:47Running 1 3:57v median −1:07
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Block 02 5:34Running 2 3:33v median −0:54
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Block 03 6:36Running 3 3:39v median −1:02
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Block 04 6:46Running 4 3:40v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:01Running 5 3:37v median −1:09
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Block 06 5:21Running 6 3:38v median −1:05
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Block 07 6:24Running 7 3:42v median −1:05
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Block 08 7:41Running 8 3:44v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 677
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 677 men's teams who finished.