The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:04 at Birmingham 2026 put Ming Kwong Lai 574th of 693 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 31% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:35 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 10:39Running 1 5:52v median +0:43
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:06v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 5:14v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 5:26v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:40v median +0:40
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Block 06 11:20Running 6 9:20v median +4:29
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Block 07 13:13Running 7 6:09v median +1:15
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Block 08 17:09Running 8 8:52v median +3:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.