The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:56 at Birmingham 2026 put Tom Keating 643rd of 693 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:09. The race faded late: the second half went 6:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 11:10, behind 95% 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 11:58Running 1 6:28v median +1:19
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Block 02 11:03Running 2 5:30v median +1:00
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 5:29v median +0:40
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Block 04 13:08Running 4 5:40v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 5:34v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 5:44v median +0:53
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Block 07 16:04Running 7 5:43v median +0:49
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Block 08 19:14Running 8 6:57v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:10
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.