The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Thomas Ward & Joe Wood at Birmingham 2026: 59:10, 89th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:54 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:56 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 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 7:59Running 1 4:09v median −0:55
-
Block 02 5:23Running 2 3:28v median −0:59
-
Block 03 6:38Running 3 3:45v median −0:56
-
Block 04 5:54Running 4 3:37v median −1:04
-
Block 05 7:40Running 5 3:34v median −1:12
-
Block 06 5:07Running 6 3:41v median −1:02
-
Block 07 6:39Running 7 3:51v median −0:56
-
Block 08 7:58Running 8 3:59v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.