The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:20 at Birmingham 2026 put Edward King 423rd of 693 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 30% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:00 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:39Running 1 5:13v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:25v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 4:30v median −0:19
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 4:33v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:01v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:04v median +0:13
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Block 07 13:11Running 7 4:59v median +0:05
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 5:20v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.