The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Hull finished 411th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:26:53.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:30. A harder second half: 2:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:44Running 1 4:40v median −0:24
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:12v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 4:45v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:32v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:42v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 4:43v median −0:06
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 5:17v median +0:28
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 5:25v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.