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United Kingdom / Birmingham 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Michael Gardner

GBR M 35-39 n = 677
Finish · net time
2:11:29
+48:11 v median 1:23:18
Course −1:12 v season average ±0:12 · 2,261 athletes
Men
660/677
35-39
153/156
Field beaten
3%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
3%
Runs
4%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:05
v median
421/677
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+9:20
v median
663/677
Rank

The race, in words

Michael Gardner finished 660th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:11:29.

If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:20 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:30, behind 98% 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

  1. Block 01 10:12
    Running 1 5:35
    v median +0:31
    1000m SkiErg 4:37
    v median +0:05
  2. Block 02 13:57
    Running 2 6:05
    v median +1:37
    50m Sled Push 7:52
    v median +4:39
  3. Block 03 13:51
    Running 3 8:10
    v median +3:24
    50m Sled Pull 5:41
    v median +1:09
  4. Block 04 17:07
    Running 4 7:08
    v median +2:21
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 9:59
    v median +4:34
  5. Block 05 14:05
    Running 5 8:18
    v median +3:25
    1000m Row 5:47
    v median +1:00
  6. Block 06 8:31
    Running 6 6:03
    v median +1:14
    200m Farmers Carry 2:28
    v median +0:21
  7. Block 07 15:01
    Running 7 7:47
    v median +2:58
    100m Sandbag Lunges 7:14
    v median +2:12
  8. Block 08 26:24
    Running 8 10:03
    v median +4:55
    Wall Balls 16:21
    v median +9:20

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 12:30

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:09
0:20 0:49
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:45
0:12 1:33
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:30
0:05 1:25
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
2:21
0:23 1:58
B5 · 1000m Row
1:27
0:34 0:53
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:12
0:33 0:39
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
3:07
1:34 1:33
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

20:00 40:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 48:11
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 48:11 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Birmingham 2026

See this race on page 75
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1940
Measured against
Men · n = 677