The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Cole finished 325th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:23:53.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:23 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:43v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 4:01v median −0:29
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 4:39v median −0:10
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 4:49v median +0:00
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 4:50v median −0:05
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 4:29v median −0:21
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 4:39v median −0:12
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 5:02v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.