The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Newman finished 351st of 359 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:08:38.
The wall balls cost the most time: 7:03 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:36 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 11:59Running 1 6:50v median +1:44
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Block 02 11:34Running 2 6:12v median +1:45
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Block 03 15:09Running 3 6:41v median +1:56
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Block 04 17:04Running 4 6:23v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:40Running 5 6:57v median +2:06
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Block 06 11:41Running 6 6:49v median +2:04
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Block 07 15:36Running 7 6:54v median +2:06
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Block 08 22:25Running 8 8:36v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:36
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.