The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:10 at Birmingham 2026 put Matthew Grimes 515th of 646 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:19 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:04 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Olympia 2026 were 1:29 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 11:59Running 1 6:57v median +1:47
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:57v median +1:27
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 6:07v median +1:18
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 5:59v median +1:10
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:51v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:42v median +0:52
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 5:52v median +1:01
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 8:47v median +3:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.