The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Burgess finished 618th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:52:26.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:04 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 24:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. That was 19:09 off the time at Washington DC 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:38Running 1 5:35v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 4:55v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:22v median +0:36
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 5:20v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:25v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 5:21v median +0:32
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Block 07 19:45Running 7 5:30v median +0:41
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Block 08 26:13Running 8 13:03v median +7:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.