The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Rawlings-Brown & Matthew Ross Watts finished 546th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:11:02.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 8:47Running 1 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:13v median −0:14
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 4:34v median −0:07
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Block 04 8:29Running 4 4:44v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:51v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:37v median −0:06
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 4:48v median +0:01
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Block 08 9:24Running 8 4:59v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
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.