The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Pollard & Gurinder Hayer finished 859th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:23:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:37 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 10:02Running 1 5:43v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:07v median +0:40
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 5:41v median +1:00
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 5:18v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:32v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 7:00v median +2:17
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 5:59v median +1:12
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Block 08 11:19Running 8 6:38v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
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.