The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:05 at Birmingham 2026 put Joey Jones-Tovey 220th of 359 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 0:59 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:09v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 4:55v median +0:28
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 5:22v median +0:37
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 5:13v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:33v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 5:26v median +0:41
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Block 07 12:32Running 7 7:36v median +2:48
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Block 08 12:18Running 8 5:33v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 358
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 358 men who finished.