The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:10:32 at Birmingham 2026 put Dan Darley on the age-group podium: 3rd of 33 in the 50–54 age group.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 58% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:02 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 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 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:15v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 3:39v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 3:51v median −0:23
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Block 04 7:54Running 4 3:47v median −0:29
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Block 05 7:55Running 5 3:49v median −0:31
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Block 06 5:19Running 6 3:53v median −0:21
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Block 07 8:01Running 7 3:53v median −0:26
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 4:02v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.