The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gwion Ellis finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:06:48 for 48th of 693 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:07 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:39 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:22, ahead of 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:46v median −1:23
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:35v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:26Running 3 3:44v median −1:05
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 8:48v median +3:59
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Block 05 8:13Running 5 4:00v median −1:00
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Block 06 4:59Running 6 3:45v median −1:06
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Block 07 7:12Running 7 3:57v median −0:57
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Block 08 7:59Running 8 3:50v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
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.