The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:16 at Birmingham 2026 put Peter Coles 505th of 693 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:02 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:19 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Gdansk 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:35Running 1 5:42v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:03v median +0:33
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 7:38v median +2:49
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 5:25v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:29v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:36v median +0:45
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 5:42v median +0:48
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Block 08 15:29Running 8 6:44v median +1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.