The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Sinclair finished 335th of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:48:26.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:58. A harder second half: 3:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:18Running 1 6:26v median +1:20
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 5:37v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 5:50v median +1:05
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Block 04 14:40Running 4 5:49v median +1:04
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:49v median +0:58
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Block 06 10:01Running 6 5:48v median +1:03
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 5:57v median +1:09
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Block 08 16:23Running 8 7:45v median +2:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.