The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Ryan Kirk 273rd of 359 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:36 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:30 better 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. Ryan Kirk's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:18Running 1 5:52v median +0:46
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 5:11v median +0:44
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Block 03 14:05Running 3 9:47v median +5:02
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Block 04 12:33Running 4 5:30v median +0:45
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:33v median +0:48
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 5:29v median +0:41
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Block 08 12:46Running 8 6:16v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.