The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Margrie finished 206th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:17:02, faster than 68% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 51% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:23 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:09Running 1 4:46v median −0:24
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:20v median −0:10
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 4:51v median +0:02
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:08v median +0:18
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:00v median +0:09
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Block 08 12:09Running 8 5:07v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.