The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:58 at Birmingham 2026 put Gareth Graham 353rd of 677 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:14 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:26v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 3:48v median −0:40
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 4:10v median −0:36
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 4:19v median −0:28
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:19v median −0:34
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:17v median −0:32
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 4:17v median −0:32
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Block 08 17:22Running 8 4:17v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
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.