The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Low finished 551st of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:29:08.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:12. The race faded late: the second half went 6:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 7:58 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 4:10v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 3:48v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 4:51v median +0:37
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 4:56v median +0:40
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 5:03v median +0:43
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 4:44v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:36Running 7 4:40v median +0:21
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 5:26v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.