The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Mckean finished 240th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:29:17.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:33 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:25 better against the middle of the field 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 10:40Running 1 6:00v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:13v median +0:46
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 5:37v median +0:52
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 5:48v median +1:03
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:41v median +0:50
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:29v median +0:44
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 5:39v median +0:51
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 5:43v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.