The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:50 at Birmingham 2026 put Mikhail (HYROX_RUS) Iakovlev 453rd of 693 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:56 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:05 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:15Running 1 6:14v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 5:29v median +0:59
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:47v median +0:58
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 5:51v median +1:02
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 6:01v median +1:01
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:45v median +0:54
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 5:48v median +0:54
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Block 08 12:41Running 8 6:09v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.