The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steven Yeu finished 637th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:53:37.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:35. The race faded late: the second half went 14:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:39 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:29Running 1 6:49v median +1:40
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Block 02 9:56Running 2 5:50v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 5:31v median +0:42
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:15v median +1:15
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Block 06 10:05Running 6 6:46v median +1:55
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Block 07 17:28Running 7 6:41v median +1:47
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Block 08 20:05Running 8 9:06v median +3:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
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.