The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rich Howells finished 258th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:40.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:56 behind the median.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Manchester 2026 were 3:44 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 10:20Running 1 5:18v median +0:12
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Block 02 9:49Running 2 4:31v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 4:48v median +0:03
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 4:51v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 4:51v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 4:54v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 5:08v median +0:20
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Block 08 13:41Running 8 5:15v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:51
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.