The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Duckworth finished 614th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:50:58.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:07 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:51, behind 92% of the field.
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 11:07Running 1 6:14v median +1:10
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 5:38v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:38Running 3 6:00v median +1:14
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Block 04 14:54Running 4 6:06v median +1:19
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:11v median +1:18
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 6:00v median +1:11
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Block 07 14:50Running 7 5:41v median +0:52
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Block 08 17:10Running 8 6:51v median +1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:51
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 676
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 676 men who finished.