The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:33:55 at Birmingham 2026 put Raihan Chowdhury 674th of 677 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:33. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 17:55 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 11:00Running 1 5:56v median +0:52
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Block 02 19:24Running 2 12:43v median +8:15
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Block 03 16:52Running 3 7:39v median +2:53
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Block 04 17:37Running 4 7:16v median +2:29
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Block 05 15:03Running 5 8:58v median +4:05
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Block 06 10:34Running 6 6:58v median +2:09
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Block 07 19:43Running 7 7:03v median +2:14
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Block 08 25:54Running 8 10:20v median +5:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:55
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.