The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Harpreet Cheema finished 500th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 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 9:34Running 1 5:00v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:35v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 5:02v median +0:13
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Block 04 12:25Running 4 4:52v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:05v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 4:47v median −0:03
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 4:52v median +0:01
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 5:02v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.