The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Smith & Eric Norman finished 306th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:04:47, faster than 70% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:33 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:29 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:07Running 1 4:21v median −0:43
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 3:54v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 4:57v median +0:16
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Block 04 6:56Running 4 4:16v median −0:25
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:14v median −0:32
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Block 06 5:30Running 6 4:09v median −0:34
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Block 07 7:09Running 7 4:16v median −0:31
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Block 08 8:12Running 8 4:09v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.