The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Morgan finished 469th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:35.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:27. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse 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 9:53Running 1 5:06v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:33v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:04v median +0:15
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 5:11v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:16v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:12v median +0:22
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 5:09v median +0:18
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 5:20v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.