The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martyn Hodges finished 478th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:34:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:52Running 1 5:06v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:33v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:13v median +0:24
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 4:55v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:25v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 4:57v median +0:07
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Block 07 12:38Running 7 4:52v median +0:01
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Block 08 15:33Running 8 5:35v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
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.