The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Collins & Mark Evans finished 594th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:12:16.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:22. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 worse 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 9:09Running 1 5:11v median +0:07
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 4:19v median −0:08
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:28v median −0:13
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 4:31v median −0:10
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:48v median +0:02
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:39v median −0:04
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 4:50v median +0:03
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 4:51v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:26
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.