The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sean Rudd finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 1:07:33 for 55th of 693 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:52, was faster than 91% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 4:08v median −1:01
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 3:28v median −1:02
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Block 03 7:37Running 3 3:33v median −1:16
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 3:29v median −1:20
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Block 05 8:16Running 5 3:40v median −1:20
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 3:39v median −1:12
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 3:48v median −1:06
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Block 08 10:41Running 8 4:07v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:52
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.