The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Lilley took 3rd of 63 in the 40–44 age group at Birmingham 2026, in 1:08:50.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:18 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:36 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:39, was faster than 90% 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 8:39Running 1 4:28v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 3:54v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:02Running 3 3:56v median −0:49
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Block 04 8:30Running 4 3:56v median −0:49
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Block 05 8:16Running 5 4:00v median −0:51
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Block 06 5:41Running 6 3:58v median −0:47
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Block 07 8:57Running 7 3:58v median −0:50
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 4:06v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
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.