The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Troy Mainstone & Richard May finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 56:42 for 42nd of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:11, was faster than 96% of the field.
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 7:53Running 1 4:10v median −0:54
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Block 02 5:41Running 2 3:40v median −0:47
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Block 03 6:26Running 3 3:44v median −0:57
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Block 04 6:03Running 4 3:48v median −0:53
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Block 05 8:00Running 5 3:45v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:06Running 6 3:46v median −0:57
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Block 07 6:07Running 7 3:51v median −0:56
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Block 08 7:23Running 8 3:52v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:11
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.