The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:51 at Birmingham 2026 put Stephen Roberts 519th of 693 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 82% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:48 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 8:46Running 1 4:17v median −0:52
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 4:00v median −0:30
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 4:21v median −0:28
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 4:17v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 4:16v median −0:44
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 4:22v median −0:29
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 4:30v median −0:24
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Block 08 24:17Running 8 4:29v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.