The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Grant finished 420th of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:20:04.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:56 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:08 faster than the average race this season, by 374 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:12v median +0:40
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:18v median +0:20
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:30v median +0:16
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 4:35v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:44v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:50v median +0:36
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Block 07 10:47Running 7 5:07v median +0:48
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Block 08 11:44Running 8 5:22v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.