The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Pearson & Daniel Pearson finished 946th of 1,035 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:18.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:59 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,072 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:28 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:02Running 1 6:48v median +1:44
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:35v median +1:08
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:42v median +1:01
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 5:40v median +0:59
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:45v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 5:47v median +1:04
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Block 07 12:10Running 7 5:51v median +1:04
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 6:06v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.