The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:15 at Birmingham 2026 put Chris Sheppard 443rd of 693 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:41 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:00 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:47Running 1 6:01v median +0:52
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 5:03v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:11Running 3 5:08v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 5:04v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 4:58v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:02v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:05v median +0:11
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 5:40v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.