The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:02 at Birmingham 2026 put Luke Berens 305th of 677 men in the Open division, ahead of 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:17 on the median. A harder second half: 2:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. That was 1:29 off the time at EMEA London Olympia 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:58v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:37v median +0:09
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 5:16v median +0:30
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 5:23v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 6:00v median +1:07
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:33v median +0:44
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:30v median +0:41
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 6:08v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 676
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 676 men who finished.