The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:43 at Birmingham 2026 put Joshua Husband 317th of 359 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 28% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:47v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:12v median −0:15
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:42v median +0:57
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Block 04 13:10Running 4 5:30v median +0:45
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:24v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 5:15v median +0:30
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Block 07 15:28Running 7 5:45v median +0:57
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Block 08 19:51Running 8 6:29v median +1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.