The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Fletcher finished 485th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:44.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:49. A harder second half: 2:34 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 9:32Running 1 4:44v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 4:29v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:01Running 3 4:45v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 4:40v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:01v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 4:58v median +0:09
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Block 07 12:54Running 7 5:03v median +0:14
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Block 08 13:35Running 8 6:10v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.