The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Stokes finished 424th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:24.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 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 10:02Running 1 5:41v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:13v median +0:43
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 5:30v median +0:41
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 5:35v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:52v median +0:57
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:48v median +0:58
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 5:45v median +0:54
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 6:02v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.