The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Mcilravey finished 600th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:46:33.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:43. The race faded late: the second half went 1:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:52 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 1:23 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 11:32Running 1 6:29v median +1:25
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Block 02 11:07Running 2 5:55v median +1:27
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 6:15v median +1:29
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 6:23v median +1:36
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 6:36v median +1:43
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:41v median +1:52
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Block 07 14:29Running 7 6:44v median +1:55
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 7:35v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:52
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.