The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Smith finished 361st of 613 men in the Open division at Glasgow 2026, in 1:29:35.
The wall balls were the standout, 0:35 quicker than the median and 266th of 613. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:22. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2023 were 5:31 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 9:17Running 1 4:55v median +0:00
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:47v median −0:01
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:48v median +0:39
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Block 04 11:45Running 4 5:34v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:35v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:37v median +0:24
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Block 07 12:05Running 7 5:33v median +0:23
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Block 08 13:41Running 8 6:34v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 587
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 587 men who finished.