The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Roach finished 262nd of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:20:05, faster than 59% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:25 on the median. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:03Running 1 4:45v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:16v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 4:28v median −0:21
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 4:27v median −0:22
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:23v median +2:28
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:35v median −0:15
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 4:38v median −0:13
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 4:53v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.