The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:23 at Glasgow 2026 put David Armstrong 1,076th of 1,452 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:27 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 9:50Running 1 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 4:57v median +0:10
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 5:21v median +0:13
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 5:24v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:30v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:22v median +0:13
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Block 07 12:28Running 7 5:30v median +0:20
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Block 08 16:52Running 8 6:16v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1381
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,381 men who finished.