The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:28 at Manchester 2026 put Charlie Williams 414th of 1,463 men in the Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 84% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:42 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:56 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 1:03 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 7:47Running 1 3:24v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 4:52v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:30v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 5:32v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 5:06v median −0:24
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:19v median −0:09
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Block 08 10:37Running 8 4:31v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1445
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,445 men who finished.