The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Otis Miller finished 385th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:25:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:16 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 9:39Running 1 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:19v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 4:33v median −0:13
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 4:29v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 4:50v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 4:46v median −0:03
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 4:59v median +0:10
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Block 08 13:40Running 8 5:18v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.