The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:57:49 at Birmingham 2026 put Nigel Roache 611th of 646 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:09. The race faded late: the second half went 2:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:10 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London 2024 were 7:29 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:17Running 1 7:02v median +1:52
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Block 02 11:37Running 2 6:17v median +1:47
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Block 03 14:15Running 3 6:23v median +1:34
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Block 04 14:26Running 4 6:27v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:33v median +1:38
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 6:34v median +1:44
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 6:42v median +1:51
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Block 08 19:36Running 8 7:13v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 645
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 645 men who finished.