The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darren Bevan finished 431st of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:48.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:57. The race faded late: the second half went 2:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:14Running 1 5:38v median +0:28
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:01v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:05v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:30Running 4 5:09v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:23v median +0:28
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:23v median +0:33
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 5:37v median +0:46
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Block 08 14:06Running 8 5:30v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.