The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:02 at Birmingham 2026 put Samuel Connelly 280th of 646 men in the Open division, ahead of 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:38 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:38 slower than the median.
The field ran 4:57 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Cardiff 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 5:06v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:15v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:26v median −0:23
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 4:23v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:28v median −0:27
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:25v median −0:25
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 4:30v median −0:21
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Block 08 11:19Running 8 4:43v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
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.