The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Williams finished 417th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:00.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:33. A harder second half: 2:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Olympia 2026 were 1:29 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:46v median −0:23
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:34v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 5:15v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:37v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:22v median +0:31
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:48v median +0:54
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 6:15v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.