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Ben Smith & Eric Norman — Birmingham 2026

M 35-39 n = 1035
Finish · net time
1:04:47
−5:37 v median 1:10:24
Course −1:28 v season average ±0:14 · 2,072 teams
Men
306/1035
35-39
71/230
Field beaten
70%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
74%
Runs
79%
Stations
Biggest gain
100m Sandbag Lunges
−0:33
v median
192/1035
Rank
Biggest loss
1000m Row
−0:04
v median
450/1035
Rank

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

  1. Block 01 8:07
    Running 1 4:21
    v median −0:43
    v median −0:14
  2. Block 02 5:45
    Running 2 3:54
    v median −0:33
    v median −0:11
  3. Block 03 7:57
    Running 3 4:57
    v median +0:16
    v median −0:14
  4. Block 04 6:56
    Running 4 4:16
    v median −0:25
    v median −0:31
  5. Block 05 8:35
    Running 5 4:14
    v median −0:32
    1000m Row 4:21
    v median −0:04
  6. Block 06 5:30
    Running 6 4:09
    v median −0:34
    v median −0:14
  7. Block 07 7:09
    Running 7 4:16
    v median −0:31
    v median −0:33
  8. Block 08 8:12
    Running 8 4:09
    v median −0:36
    Wall Balls 4:03
    v median −0:15

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 6:44

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:50
0:15 0:35
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:24
0:09 1:15
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:00
0:07 0:53
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:34
0:14 0:20
B5 · 1000m Row
0:45
0:23 0:22
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:59
0:25 0:34
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:13
0:34 0:39
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

5:00 5:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 3:15
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 3:15 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Doubles Open · Men at Birmingham 2026

See this race on page 16
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JI1945
Measured against
Men · n = 1035