The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sean Gosling finished 551st of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:07.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:42. A harder second half: 3:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:59Running 1 5:16v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 4:50v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:05v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 5:21v median +0:32
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 6:04v median +1:04
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:24v median +0:33
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Block 07 13:34Running 7 5:40v median +0:46
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Block 08 14:55Running 8 6:24v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:16
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.