The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:06:40 at Birmingham 2026 put Gerard Farnolle 650th of 677 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:08. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:40 better against the middle of the field than the first. 11:56 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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 12:19Running 1 7:04v median +2:00
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Block 02 13:30Running 2 7:28v median +3:00
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Block 03 14:00Running 3 7:11v median +2:25
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Block 04 16:54Running 4 9:29v median +4:42
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:34v median +2:41
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 7:11v median +2:22
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Block 07 18:22Running 7 10:12v median +5:23
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Block 08 17:10Running 8 9:18v median +4:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:56
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.