The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:40 at Birmingham 2026 put Alex Granville 582nd of 646 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:57 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:07Running 1 6:36v median +1:26
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 5:43v median +1:13
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 5:56v median +1:07
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Block 04 14:04Running 4 6:07v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:22v median +1:27
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:03v median +1:13
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Block 07 13:57Running 7 6:22v median +1:31
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 6:51v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
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.