The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shaun Elias finished 668th of 693 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:03:49.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:56. The race faded late: the second half went 5:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:45 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 9:58Running 1 4:56v median −0:13
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 4:38v median +0:08
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Block 03 14:14Running 3 5:50v median +1:01
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 6:13v median +1:24
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:22v median +0:22
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:56v median +1:05
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Block 07 14:41Running 7 6:14v median +1:20
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Block 08 23:31Running 8 8:19v median +3:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:45
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.