The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:03 at Birmingham 2026 put Joshua Parker 513th of 646 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:27 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 8:52Running 1 4:29v median −0:41
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 4:58v median +0:28
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 5:28v median +0:39
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:45v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:41v median +0:51
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Block 07 13:56Running 7 6:21v median +1:30
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Block 08 15:40Running 8 6:02v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.