The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Tilburn finished 623rd of 646 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:02:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 22% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 14:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:15Running 1 5:48v median +0:38
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 5:02v median +0:32
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Block 03 12:41Running 3 5:31v median +0:42
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Block 04 19:49Running 4 5:46v median +0:57
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:48v median +0:53
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 5:31v median +0:41
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Block 07 13:53Running 7 5:33v median +0:42
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Block 08 27:42Running 8 6:06v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
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.