The race, in three figures
Field beaten
44%
Runs
44%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−0:17
v median
156/359
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+1:36
v median
294/359
Rank
The race, in words
Alex Smith finished 186th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:23:27.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:36.
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 9:34Running 1 5:11v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:41v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 4:47v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 4:49v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 5:02v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 4:54v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 4:56v median +0:08
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 5:22v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:37
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:00
0:17
0:43
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:54
0:11
0:43
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:44
0:03
0:41
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:22
0:17
0:05
B5 · 1000m Row
0:37
0:20
0:17
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:51
0:32
0:19
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:09
0:42
0:27
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 4
Finish · 0:49 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1943
Measured against
Men · n = 359