The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Smitheman & Jacques Moulson finished 831st of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:22:19.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:39 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 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 10:40Running 1 6:32v median +1:28
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 5:52v median +1:25
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 5:59v median +1:18
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 6:01v median +1:20
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 6:01v median +1:15
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:59v median +1:16
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 5:43v median +0:56
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Block 08 10:44Running 8 6:11v median +1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
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.