The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:10 at Birmingham 2026 put Christian Gibson 220th of 693 men in the Open division, ahead of 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 55% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:26 on the median. A harder second half: 1:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:56Running 1 4:41v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:17v median −0:13
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Block 03 8:44Running 3 5:01v median +0:12
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 4:53v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 5:02v median +0:02
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:51v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 5:01v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
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.