The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Salvatore Santagata & Andrew Whelan finished 827th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:22:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:47 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:14 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:43Running 1 6:21v median +1:17
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 5:26v median +0:59
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 6:12v median +1:31
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 6:06v median +1:25
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:08v median +1:22
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:52v median +1:09
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 5:44v median +0:57
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Block 08 9:35Running 8 5:23v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.