The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brian Cole won the 55–59 age group at Birmingham 2026 in 1:04:54, first of 25.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:33 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:38 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:35, ahead of 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. Brian Cole's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 4:29v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 3:51v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:27Running 3 3:58v median −0:48
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Block 04 6:49Running 4 3:57v median −0:50
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Block 05 8:27Running 5 3:59v median −0:54
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Block 06 5:41Running 6 3:57v median −0:52
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:01v median −0:48
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Block 08 8:52Running 8 4:09v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 676
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 676 men who finished.