The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Knibbs finished 514th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:34:39.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Olympia 2026 were 1:29 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:14Running 1 6:32v median +1:23
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 5:51v median +1:21
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:04v median +1:15
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 5:56v median +1:07
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:58v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 5:55v median +1:04
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Block 07 12:40Running 7 5:56v median +1:02
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Block 08 14:03Running 8 6:02v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.