The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicholas Cook & Sarvjit Rai finished 839th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:22:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:14 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:39 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 9:44Running 1 5:35v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:58v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:10v median +0:29
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 5:17v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:21v median +0:35
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:19v median +0:36
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 5:26v median +0:39
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 5:26v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.