The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc Cooper finished 358th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:25:57.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:53 ahead of the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:36 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:48v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:34v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 4:44v median −0:05
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 4:34v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:45v median −0:10
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 4:52v median +0:02
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 5:02v median +0:11
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Block 08 15:39Running 8 5:49v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.