The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:29 at Birmingham 2026 put Ajay Patel 301st of 359 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:07 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:13 better against the middle of the field than the first. 8:35 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 3:59 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 10:30Running 1 5:20v median +0:14
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 4:54v median +0:27
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Block 03 14:20Running 3 7:59v median +3:14
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 5:14v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:30v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 5:42v median +0:57
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 5:57v median +1:09
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 5:57v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 358
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 358 men who finished.