The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Bramah finished 134th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:13:10, faster than 81% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:18 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:51, 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 8:22Running 1 4:00v median −1:09
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 3:36v median −0:54
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 4:13v median −0:36
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Block 04 8:17Running 4 4:04v median −0:45
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:09v median −0:51
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:05v median −0:46
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 4:04v median −0:50
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 4:24v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:51
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.