The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darren Tantrum finished 499th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:48.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:55. A harder second half: 3:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:00Running 1 6:19v median +1:10
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 5:25v median +0:55
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:47v median +0:58
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 5:53v median +1:04
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:52v median +0:52
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:07v median +1:16
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 6:00v median +1:06
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Block 08 15:32Running 8 6:21v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.