The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richie Owens finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:07:42 for 58th of 646 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:48 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:42 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:51, was faster than 89% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. An improvement of 1:26 on Istanbul 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:21v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 3:48v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 4:04v median −0:45
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 4:01v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:51Running 5 4:04v median −0:51
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Block 06 5:57Running 6 3:57v median −0:53
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 4:03v median −0:48
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Block 08 8:33Running 8 4:07v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:51
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.