The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ed Gittins & Mike Herbert finished 650th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:14:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:41. A harder second half: 3:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:52Running 1 4:58v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 4:16v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:05Running 3 4:37v median −0:04
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 4:29v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:45v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:50v median +0:07
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Block 07 8:50Running 7 4:48v median +0:01
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Block 08 12:34Running 8 4:35v median −0:10
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.