The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Buttery finished 398th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:18.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:55. The race faded late: the second half went 1:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:07Running 1 5:32v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 4:41v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 4:55v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 4:58v median +0:09
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 5:06v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:06v median +0:16
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Block 07 12:03Running 7 4:58v median +0:07
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Block 08 13:34Running 8 5:26v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.