The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Cotterill finished 447th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:29:26.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 0:30 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London 2025 were 2:24 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 10:24Running 1 5:34v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:53v median +0:23
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:11v median +0:22
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 5:19v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:34v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:10v median +0:19
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Block 07 12:05Running 7 5:30v median +0:36
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Block 08 12:46Running 8 6:00v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.