The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:53 at Birmingham 2026 put Chris Backe 551st of 677 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:18 behind the median. The roxzone cost time: 10:38, behind 95% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Birmingham 2025 were 3:59 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 6:04v median +1:00
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 5:22v median +0:54
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:25v median +0:39
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 5:38v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:12v median +1:19
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:42v median +0:53
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 5:40v median +0:51
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 6:20v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 676
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 676 men who finished.