The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Bond & Hamish Rae finished 449th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:08:27, faster than 57% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 50% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:32 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:28 faster than the average race this season, by 2,072 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 4:41v median −0:23
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 4:16v median −0:11
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:27v median −0:14
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Block 04 7:17Running 4 4:27v median −0:14
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:57v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 5:25v median +0:42
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 4:45v median −0:02
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Block 08 10:05Running 8 5:32v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
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.