The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:32 at Birmingham 2026 put Sam Vickers 371st of 646 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:01 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:20 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 9:56Running 1 5:24v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:02v median +0:32
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 5:11v median +0:22
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 5:11v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:17v median +0:22
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:14v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 5:10v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 5:33v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
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.