The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:06:38 at Birmingham 2026 put Pete Phillips 43rd of 359 men in the Open division, ahead of 88% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:44 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:31, was faster than 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. 2:04 slower than at Maastricht 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 4:14v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 3:40v median −0:47
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Block 03 7:06Running 3 3:54v median −0:51
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Block 04 7:49Running 4 4:05v median −0:40
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 4:18v median −0:33
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:14v median −0:31
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 4:19v median −0:29
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 4:28v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 358
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 358 men who finished.