The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Rafferty finished 676th of 677 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:50:35.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 19:17 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 20:23 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 12:41Running 1 6:56v median +1:52
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Block 02 17:04Running 2 5:59v median +1:31
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Block 03 18:53Running 3 6:40v median +1:54
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Block 04 21:10Running 4 7:06v median +2:19
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Block 05 14:07Running 5 7:26v median +2:33
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Block 06 11:29Running 6 6:48v median +1:59
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Block 07 17:15Running 7 6:25v median +1:36
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Block 08 37:42Running 8 11:24v median +6:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:23
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.