The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc Burns finished 341st of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:51:09.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 10:10. A harder second half: 9:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:34, behind 85% 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 10:36Running 1 5:41v median +0:35
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Block 02 10:03Running 2 7:19v median +2:52
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:54v median +1:09
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Block 04 14:06Running 4 5:46v median +1:01
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:27v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:18v median +0:33
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Block 07 20:33Running 7 5:19v median +0:31
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 7:40v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
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.