The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ieuan Jones & Lloyd Tucker finished 900th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:26:32.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:54 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:56 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:38Running 1 5:26v median +0:22
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:42v median +0:15
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 5:16v median +0:35
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Block 04 15:44Running 4 12:37v median +7:56
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:31v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:27v median +0:44
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 6:52v median +2:05
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 5:57v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:32
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.