The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:36 at Birmingham 2026 put Warwick Smyth 579th of 677 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:12. The race faded late: the second half went 7:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:04Running 1 5:06v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:22v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:07v median +0:21
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 5:22v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 5:15v median +0:26
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 5:31v median +0:42
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Block 08 21:14Running 8 6:01v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.