The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alex Birbeck at Birmingham 2026: 1:00:36, 13th of 693 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:46 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:55 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:31, was faster than 95% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Geneva 2026 were 2:21 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 8:36Running 1 4:16v median −0:53
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Block 02 6:00Running 2 3:39v median −0:51
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Block 03 6:54Running 3 3:48v median −1:01
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Block 04 6:43Running 4 3:52v median −0:57
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 3:53v median −1:07
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Block 06 5:28Running 6 3:49v median −1:02
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Block 07 6:44Running 7 3:49v median −1:05
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Block 08 7:31Running 8 4:01v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.