The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:16 at Birmingham 2026 put Ian Skyner 469th of 677 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:50. A harder second half: 3:30 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 10:01Running 1 5:20v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:45v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 4:36v median −0:10
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Block 04 11:22Running 4 4:51v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:03v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 4:45v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:45Running 7 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 5:30v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
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.