The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:22 at Birmingham 2026 put Rod Tankard 533rd of 646 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:54 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. Rod Tankard's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:14Running 1 5:47v median +0:37
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:10v median +0:40
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 7:31v median +2:42
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Block 04 12:41Running 4 5:22v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:29v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:34v median +0:44
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Block 07 15:22Running 7 5:34v median +0:43
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 6:17v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:27
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.