The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Huitson finished 180th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:22:34.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:53 on the median. The sled pull cost the most time: 1:21 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:16 better 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
-
Block 01 10:01Running 1 5:08v median +0:02
-
Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:37v median +0:10
-
Block 03 10:48Running 3 4:52v median +0:07
-
Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:53v median +0:08
-
Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:43v median −0:08
-
Block 06 7:27Running 6 4:47v median +0:02
-
Block 07 8:51Running 7 4:40v median −0:08
-
Block 08 11:53Running 8 4:50v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.