The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:01 at Birmingham 2026 put Thomas Manuel 521st of 693 men in the Pro division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:53. The race faded late: the second half went 1:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:08 faster than the average race this season, by 374 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 5:32v median +1:00
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 4:53v median +0:55
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:05v median +0:51
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 5:09v median +0:53
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 5:15v median +0:55
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:11v median +0:57
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 5:19v median +1:00
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 5:45v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.