The race, in three figures
Field beaten
45%
Runs
26%
Stations
Biggest gain
200m Farmers Carry
−0:28
v median
86/677
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+3:12
v median
582/677
Rank
The race, in words
Thomas Melvin took 2nd of 19 in the 60–64 age group at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:17.
The wall balls cost the most time: 3:12 slower than the median.
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 9:59Running 1 5:26v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 4:45v median +0:17
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:04v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 4:58v median +0:11
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:51v median −0:02
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:51v median +0:02
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 4:54v median +0:05
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 5:08v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:00
0:18
0:42
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:57
0:11
0:46
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:46
0:04
0:42
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:30
0:16
0:14
B5 · 1000m Row
0:34
0:18
0:16
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:58
0:38
0:20
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:11
0:44
0:27
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 4:59 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1940
Measured against
Men · n = 677