The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Dack finished 170th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:14:55, faster than 74% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:10 on the median. A harder second half: 1:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:48Running 1 4:27v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 3:59v median −0:31
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 4:19v median −0:30
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Block 04 8:44Running 4 4:16v median −0:33
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Block 05 8:57Running 5 4:20v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:20v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 4:24v median −0:27
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Block 08 11:35Running 8 4:51v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.