The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jonathan Roome finished 525th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:35:22.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:27. The race faded late: the second half went 1:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:17Running 1 6:31v median +1:22
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:40v median +1:10
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:50v median +1:01
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Block 04 11:30Running 4 5:41v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:03v median +1:03
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 5:40v median +0:49
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:32v median +0:38
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Block 08 14:39Running 8 5:56v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:36
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.