The race, in three figures
The race, in words
chris gregory finished 253rd of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:51. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:07 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Cardiff 2026 were 1:43 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 11:03Running 1 5:58v median +0:52
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 4:24v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 4:37v median −0:08
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 4:35v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 4:59v median +0:08
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 4:59v median +0:14
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Block 07 12:59Running 7 5:04v median +0:16
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 5:05v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.