The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:02:52 at Birmingham 2026 put Timothy Ellis & Xavier Langlois 233rd of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 78% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 57% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:11 from the median.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:28 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:36v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 3:49v median −0:38
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Block 03 7:04Running 3 3:53v median −0:48
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Block 04 7:08Running 4 4:04v median −0:37
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 4:03v median −0:43
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Block 06 5:33Running 6 4:04v median −0:39
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Block 07 7:22Running 7 4:03v median −0:44
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Block 08 8:16Running 8 3:59v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
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.