The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:36 at Birmingham 2026 put Ashley Spencer 405th of 677 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:04 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 8:57Running 1 4:34v median −0:30
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 3:58v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 4:06v median −0:40
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Block 04 11:25Running 4 4:13v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:36v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 4:38v median −0:11
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 4:30v median −0:19
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 4:36v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 676
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 676 men who finished.