The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Geoff Graves finished 285th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:36:46.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:52 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:10 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:44Running 1 6:12v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 5:32v median +1:05
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Block 03 11:23Running 3 6:22v median +1:37
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Block 04 14:27Running 4 6:08v median +1:23
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:20v median +1:29
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:51v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 5:50v median +1:02
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 6:05v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.