The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Ashurst finished 535th of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:27:52.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 374 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:57v median +1:25
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 4:59v median +1:01
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:06v median +0:52
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 5:10v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:17v median +0:57
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:06v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 5:11v median +0:52
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 5:27v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.