The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:07:20 at Glasgow 2026 won the 45–49 age group for Dominic Ryan, first of 11.
The runs carried this race: faster than 87% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 67% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:13 on the median. A harder second half: 1:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:37 faster at Glasgow 2026 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 3:52v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 3:36v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 3:45v median −0:40
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Block 04 6:52Running 4 3:55v median −0:37
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Block 05 8:29Running 5 3:59v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 3:56v median −0:36
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Block 07 8:03Running 7 4:00v median −0:30
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Block 08 12:10Running 8 4:42v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 130
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 130 men who finished.