The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Terry Hirst finished 673rd of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:33:20.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 18:07. The race faded late: the second half went 9:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 21:10 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 11:40Running 1 6:09v median +1:05
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Block 02 11:22Running 2 5:10v median +0:42
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Block 03 12:57Running 3 5:22v median +0:36
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Block 04 21:05Running 4 5:21v median +0:34
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 5:36v median +0:43
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Block 06 10:36Running 6 5:48v median +0:59
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Block 07 18:51Running 7 6:06v median +1:17
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Block 08 33:33Running 8 8:25v median +3:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:10
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.