The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Coomber & David Stallion finished 787th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:57.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:47. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:28 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 5:46v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 5:14v median +0:47
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 5:43v median +1:02
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 5:38v median +0:57
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:54v median +1:08
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 6:05v median +1:22
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 6:16v median +1:29
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Block 08 10:10Running 8 5:53v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.