The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Shanley & Joe Shanley finished 767th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:31. A harder second half: 3:15 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 8:52Running 1 4:52v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:37v median +0:10
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 5:07v median +0:26
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Block 04 9:18Running 4 5:08v median +0:27
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:16v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:07v median +0:24
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 4:59v median +0:12
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Block 08 11:53Running 8 5:04v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.