The race, in three figures
The race, in words
JIA WEI YOONG finished 652nd of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:07:14.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 6:44. A harder second half: 4:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:32 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:29Running 1 7:56v median +2:52
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Block 02 12:57Running 2 7:10v median +2:42
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Block 03 13:17Running 3 7:38v median +2:52
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Block 04 16:01Running 4 7:56v median +3:09
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Block 05 14:24Running 5 8:31v median +3:38
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Block 06 10:48Running 6 8:15v median +3:26
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Block 07 19:49Running 7 8:03v median +3:14
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Block 08 17:05Running 8 8:49v median +3:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
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.