The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lewis Hackett & Josh Thornton finished 668th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:14:46.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:02 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 9:03Running 1 5:02v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 5:00v median +0:33
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 5:34v median +0:53
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Block 04 7:58Running 4 5:30v median +0:49
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 5:35v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:26v median +0:43
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 5:30v median +0:43
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 5:58v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.