The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Woodgate finished 245th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:08v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:30v median +0:03
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 4:58v median +0:13
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 4:51v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:09v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:01v median +0:16
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 4:50v median +0:02
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Block 08 16:30Running 8 5:07v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.