The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Tom Baker 437th of 646 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:02 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 6:09v median +0:59
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 5:05v median +0:35
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:24v median +0:35
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:25v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:41v median +0:46
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 5:24v median +0:34
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 5:15v median +0:24
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Block 08 14:43Running 8 5:27v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.