The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Hodgins took 2nd of 122 in the 30–34 age group at Birmingham 2026, in 58:51.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:01 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:29 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:15, was faster than 99% of the field.
The field ran 3:59 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:52v median −1:18
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 3:23v median −1:07
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Block 03 6:35Running 3 3:38v median −1:11
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Block 04 6:36Running 4 3:29v median −1:20
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Block 05 7:54Running 5 3:36v median −1:19
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Block 06 4:44Running 6 3:36v median −1:14
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Block 07 6:43Running 7 3:45v median −1:06
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Block 08 7:54Running 8 3:41v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.