The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Whittle finished 302nd of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:40:27.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:40, behind 86% of the field.
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 9:52Running 1 5:14v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 4:51v median +0:24
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:02v median +0:17
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Block 04 12:33Running 4 5:14v median +0:29
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:44v median +0:53
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:24v median +0:39
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Block 07 13:14Running 7 5:32v median +0:44
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Block 08 18:01Running 8 6:34v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.