The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Capper finished 297th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:47.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:15. The race faded late: the second half went 3:21 worse 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 10:29Running 1 5:42v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:01v median +0:34
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 5:10v median +0:25
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 5:08v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:46v median +1:55
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:11v median +0:26
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Block 07 13:55Running 7 5:36v median +0:48
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 6:05v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.