The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:09 at Birmingham 2026 put Richard Astle 569th of 646 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:07 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 11:23Running 1 6:34v median +1:24
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Block 02 9:49Running 2 5:35v median +1:05
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:44v median +0:55
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 5:43v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 5:54v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:40v median +0:50
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 5:42v median +0:51
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 6:12v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.