The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gareth Axenderrie finished 491st of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:36:24.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:59. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:48 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 10:53Running 1 5:46v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 5:03v median +0:33
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:22v median +0:33
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 5:16v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:09v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:19v median +0:29
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 5:14v median +0:23
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 6:37v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.