The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jonathan Williams & Louis Chou finished 782nd of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:44.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:47Running 1 5:41v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:17v median +0:50
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 5:58v median +1:17
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 6:19v median +1:38
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 6:01v median +1:15
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:50v median +1:07
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 6:04v median +1:17
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Block 08 10:27Running 8 6:00v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
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.