The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:09 at Birmingham 2026 put Jake Knight & Jack Pardoe 810th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:09. A harder second half: 2:11 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 9:54Running 1 5:34v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:39v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 5:25v median +0:44
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:10v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:28v median +0:42
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:05v median +0:22
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Block 07 9:34Running 7 5:08v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:41Running 8 5:14v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.