The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kai Gough finished 407th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:26:41.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:25 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. 0:03 slower than at Helsinki 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:53v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 4:12v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 4:37v median −0:09
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 4:40v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:00v median +0:07
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:38v median −0:11
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 4:56v median +0:07
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Block 08 14:30Running 8 5:04v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.