The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Pearce finished 663rd of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:02:01.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:26 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 11:17Running 1 6:06v median +0:57
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Block 02 9:54Running 2 5:29v median +0:59
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Block 03 13:49Running 3 6:21v median +1:32
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Block 04 14:42Running 4 6:24v median +1:35
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Block 05 13:22Running 5 7:41v median +2:41
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 7:05v median +2:14
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 6:42v median +1:48
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Block 08 25:59Running 8 10:39v median +5:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:26
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.