The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Mark Garcia & Barry Leighton finished 916th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:27:29.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:11 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:37 better 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 10:54Running 1 6:11v median +1:07
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:40v median +1:13
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 6:14v median +1:33
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Block 04 10:19Running 4 6:04v median +1:23
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:59v median +1:13
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:08v median +1:25
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 6:12v median +1:25
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Block 08 11:03Running 8 6:10v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.