The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:24 at Cardiff 2026 put Mark Phillips 793rd of 913 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:03. The race faded late: the second half went 9:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 6:15 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 10:52Running 1 5:56v median +0:51
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 5:29v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 5:34v median +0:27
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Block 04 12:46Running 4 5:37v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:43v median +0:33
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 6:02v median +0:43
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Block 07 13:38Running 7 5:51v median +1:04
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Block 08 20:04Running 8 7:10v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 905
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 905 men who finished.