The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:28 at Birmingham 2026 put Mark Simpson & Dan Hudson 800th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:44 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 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 9:49Running 1 5:59v median +0:55
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:38v median +1:11
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 5:46v median +1:05
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 5:42v median +1:01
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 6:01v median +1:15
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:58v median +1:15
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 6:00v median +1:13
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Block 08 10:35Running 8 5:59v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.