The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:33 at Birmingham 2026 put sean mcfarlane 269th of 646 men in the Open division, ahead of 58% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 84% of the field across all eight, against 46% on the runs. A harder second half: 11:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:25 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Berlin 2026 were 2:10 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 8:12Running 1 4:00v median −1:10
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 3:47v median −0:43
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 4:14v median −0:35
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 4:18v median −0:31
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:42v median −0:13
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:44v median −0:06
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 4:43v median −0:08
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 9:30v median +4:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.