The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:36 at Birmingham 2026 put William Wellings 588th of 646 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 2% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 14:38. The race faded late: the second half went 12:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:51Running 1 5:25v median +0:15
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 4:43v median +0:13
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Block 03 12:27Running 3 4:31v median −0:18
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 4:28v median −0:21
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 4:27v median −0:28
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 4:09v median −0:41
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 4:31v median −0:20
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Block 08 27:13Running 8 5:21v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.