The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Longmore & Jon Broad finished 778th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:35.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:24 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:26Running 1 5:21v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:36v median +0:09
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:57v median +0:16
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 5:08v median +0:27
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 5:17v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:18v median +0:35
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 5:15v median +0:28
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 5:29v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.