The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Hartley finished 459th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:23. The race faded late: the second half went 2:25 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 9:14Running 1 4:45v median −0:25
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 4:31v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 4:45v median −0:04
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 4:36v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 4:52v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 4:47v median −0:03
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 4:48v median −0:03
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Block 08 15:47Running 8 6:10v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:52
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.