The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:45 at Birmingham 2026 put Sam Gee 530th of 693 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races. Sam Gee's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:01v median −0:08
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 4:14v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 4:57v median +0:08
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 4:56v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:00v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:38v median −0:13
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Block 07 11:08Running 7 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 08 20:59Running 8 5:28v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.