The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Soley finished 441st of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:20 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:35 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 9:21Running 1 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:32v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 4:51v median +0:05
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 4:47v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:05v median +0:16
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 5:04v median +0:15
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 5:29v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
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.