The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:18 at Cardiff 2026 put Sam Kirk 316th of 528 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 4:00 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 10:22Running 1 5:39v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:24v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:39v median +0:31
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 5:34v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:45v median +0:31
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Block 06 10:14Running 6 7:47v median +2:22
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 5:20v median +0:29
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Block 08 13:13Running 8 6:30v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.