The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Matt Foden 638th of 677 men in the Open division.
The wall balls cost the most time: 6:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:43 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:41Running 1 6:09v median +1:05
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 5:51v median +1:23
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Block 03 13:11Running 3 6:20v median +1:34
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Block 04 16:23Running 4 6:34v median +1:47
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 6:48v median +1:55
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Block 06 10:14Running 6 6:27v median +1:38
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Block 07 15:17Running 7 6:39v median +1:50
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Block 08 21:02Running 8 7:48v median +2:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:43
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.