The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Smith & Mike McCarthy finished 152nd of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:00:43, faster than 85% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:35 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:25, was faster than 90% 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 7:34Running 1 3:59v median −1:05
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 3:44v median −0:43
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Block 03 6:44Running 3 4:05v median −0:36
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 3:58v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:04Running 5 4:04v median −0:42
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 4:14v median −0:29
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Block 07 7:36Running 7 4:21v median −0:26
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Block 08 7:56Running 8 4:07v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:25
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.