The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:08:21 at Birmingham 2026 put Steve Arnold & Dean Matthews 445th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 57% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:38 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 2:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:33 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
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 4:46v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:17v median −0:10
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 4:35v median −0:06
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Block 04 7:30Running 4 4:37v median −0:04
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 4:41v median −0:05
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:38v median −0:05
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Block 07 7:20Running 7 4:32v median −0:15
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Block 08 8:43Running 8 4:22v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.