The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Leach finished 929th of 1,158 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2026, in 1:34:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:16 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Barcelona 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 5:28 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:19Running 1 5:27v median +1:02
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:34v median +0:59
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:43v median +0:45
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 5:38v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:47v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 5:47v median +0:54
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Block 07 13:56Running 7 5:47v median +0:54
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Block 08 13:04Running 8 5:56v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1148
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,148 men who finished.