The race, in three figures
The race, in words
andy lilly finished 404th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:23 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 9:29Running 1 4:51v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 4:25v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:41v median −0:08
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 4:41v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:00v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 4:49v median −0:02
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 5:07v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.