The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:45:11 at Birmingham 2026 put Tom Lynch 645th of 646 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 13:59. The race faded late: the second half went 19:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:34 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. 1:25:15 slower than at Malaga 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:49Running 1 7:50v median +2:40
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Block 02 11:45Running 2 7:37v median +3:07
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Block 03 16:13Running 3 8:35v median +3:46
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Block 04 24:36Running 4 9:12v median +4:23
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Block 05 15:21Running 5 9:33v median +4:38
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 8:19v median +3:29
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Block 07 20:59Running 7 10:18v median +5:27
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Block 08 38:42Running 8 17:29v median +12:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:34
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.