The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:04 at Birmingham 2026 put Sean Yan Bo Zhang 241st of 693 men in the Open division, ahead of 65% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 75% of the field across all eight, against 50% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:44 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:57 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:43 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Cardiff 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:04v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:35v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 4:51v median +0:02
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:57v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 4:55v median +0:04
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Block 07 8:53Running 7 4:54v median +0:00
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Block 08 10:48Running 8 5:16v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.