The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Snape finished 491st of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:14.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 5:14v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:39v median +0:09
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 4:52v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 5:00v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:30v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 5:21v median +0:27
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Block 08 14:19Running 8 6:34v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.