The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Baxter finished 670th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:24:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 8:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 11:27, behind 96% 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 13:13Running 1 7:50v median +2:46
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Block 02 12:33Running 2 7:09v median +2:41
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Block 03 14:21Running 3 7:34v median +2:48
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Block 04 20:13Running 4 8:16v median +3:29
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Block 05 14:58Running 5 8:57v median +4:04
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Block 06 11:12Running 6 8:19v median +3:30
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Block 07 22:14Running 7 8:21v median +3:32
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Block 08 24:06Running 8 9:27v median +4:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:27
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.