The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:39 at Birmingham 2026 put Bob Pope 644th of 693 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 28% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 10:36. A harder second half: 9:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races. That was 15:54 off the time at Riga 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 5:17v median +0:08
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 4:29v median −0:01
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Block 03 12:19Running 3 5:08v median +0:19
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Block 04 15:08Running 4 6:04v median +1:15
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 5:34v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:02v median +0:11
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Block 07 15:28Running 7 5:21v median +0:27
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Block 08 24:37Running 8 6:45v median +1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.