The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:03:24 at Mechelen 2026 put Alex Birbeck on the age-group podium: 2nd of 106 in the 30–34 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:44 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:57 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:38, was faster than 95% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 3:06 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 7:25Running 1 3:14v median −0:24
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 3:49v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:01Running 3 3:53v median −0:54
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 4:00v median −0:49
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Block 05 8:21Running 5 4:01v median −0:58
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 4:00v median −0:51
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Block 07 7:04Running 7 3:57v median −0:52
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Block 08 8:17Running 8 4:28v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 556
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 556 men who finished.