The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Millward finished 620th of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:00:54.
The wall balls cost the most time: 5:55 slower than the median. A harder second half: 11:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:33, behind 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:27Running 1 6:17v median +1:07
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Block 02 9:38Running 2 5:38v median +1:08
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Block 03 12:08Running 3 6:04v median +1:15
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Block 04 15:32Running 4 6:47v median +1:58
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Block 05 12:59Running 5 6:44v median +1:49
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:24v median +1:34
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Block 07 17:01Running 7 6:14v median +1:23
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Block 08 22:12Running 8 9:03v median +3:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:33
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.