The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Sage finished 501st of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:54.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:31 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Olympia 2026 were 1:29 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 10:08Running 1 5:04v median −0:05
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 4:29v median −0:01
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 4:41v median −0:08
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 4:47v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 4:54v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 4:51v median +0:00
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 4:48v median −0:06
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Block 08 16:23Running 8 5:36v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:53
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.