The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phil rooke finished 357th of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:16:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:25. The race faded late: the second half went 2:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Cardiff 2026 were 2:09 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 8:31Running 1 4:15v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 3:45v median −0:13
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 4:01v median −0:13
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Block 04 7:26Running 4 4:01v median −0:15
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:03v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:06v median −0:08
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 4:00v median −0:19
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 4:49v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.