The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Symon Smith finished 283rd of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:43, faster than 59% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 48% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:45 ahead of the median.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:23 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:53v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:18v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 4:50v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:57v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:04v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 5:05v median +0:11
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 5:49v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.