The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Brook finished 330th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:47:01.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 10:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:29Running 1 5:58v median +0:52
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:19v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:40v median +0:55
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Block 04 14:30Running 4 5:53v median +1:08
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:37v median +1:46
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:26v median +1:41
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Block 07 17:30Running 7 6:39v median +1:51
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Block 08 17:08Running 8 8:10v median +3:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
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.