The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:05 at Birmingham 2026 put Paul Hoskin 194th of 693 men in the Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 85% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 57% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:21 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:15Running 1 4:43v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 3:56v median −0:34
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 4:08v median −0:41
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Block 04 10:52Running 4 4:04v median −0:45
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Block 05 8:59Running 5 4:07v median −0:53
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Block 06 6:07Running 6 4:05v median −0:46
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 4:10v median −0:44
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Block 08 10:25Running 8 4:30v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.