The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darren Reed finished 582nd of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:43:56.
A station race more than a running one: 28% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:10 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Cardiff 2026 were 1:43 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 11:29Running 1 6:35v median +1:31
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 6:04v median +1:36
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 6:24v median +1:38
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Block 04 13:08Running 4 6:37v median +1:50
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 6:59v median +2:06
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:50v median +2:01
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Block 07 14:07Running 7 6:55v median +2:06
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 7:23v median +2:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.