The race, in three figures
The race, in words
stuart barr finished 620th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:48:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:57 slower than the median. A harder second half: 11:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:00Running 1 5:38v median +0:29
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 4:47v median +0:17
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 4:53v median +0:04
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Block 04 11:22Running 4 5:06v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:15v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 5:01v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 08 22:40Running 8 6:27v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 693
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 693 men who finished.