The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeremy Saxon & Alan Saxon finished 941st of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:29:35.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:32. A harder second half: 2:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:36Running 1 6:32v median +1:28
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 6:43v median +2:16
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 7:02v median +2:21
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 7:07v median +2:26
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 7:11v median +2:25
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:53v median +2:10
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 7:30v median +2:43
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 7:06v median +2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.