The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Price finished 552nd of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:08.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:40. A harder second half: 3:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:39 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
The field ran 2:54 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Glasgow 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:45Running 1 5:20v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 4:35v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:16v median +0:27
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:20v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:31v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:23v median +0:32
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 5:54v median +1:00
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Block 08 14:43Running 8 5:26v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:39
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.