The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Johnluke Gaskin finished 299th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 5:58 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:44 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:01v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:43v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 5:18v median +0:33
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Block 04 16:30Running 4 5:05v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:20v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:13v median +0:28
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 5:11v median +0:23
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Block 08 15:26Running 8 6:05v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.