The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Deschamp McDelling finished 348th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:25:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:31. The race faded late: the second half went 3:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 4:53v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 4:12v median −0:18
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 4:37v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:27v median −0:22
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:32v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:15v median −0:35
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:24v median −0:27
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Block 08 15:36Running 8 4:51v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
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.