The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:28 at Birmingham 2026 put Tom Fairclough 177th of 646 men in the Open division, ahead of 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:39 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:38v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 3:56v median −0:34
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Block 03 8:16Running 3 4:02v median −0:47
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Block 04 9:08Running 4 4:05v median −0:44
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Block 05 8:54Running 5 4:12v median −0:43
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:13v median −0:37
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 4:17v median −0:34
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 4:46v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
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.