The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:13:08 at Birmingham 2026 put Colin Naughton 676th of 693 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:34 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:40Running 1 6:40v median +1:31
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Block 02 11:46Running 2 5:30v median +1:00
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Block 03 14:21Running 3 6:14v median +1:25
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Block 04 17:07Running 4 5:59v median +1:10
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 6:22v median +1:22
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:23v median +1:32
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Block 07 18:04Running 7 6:16v median +1:22
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Block 08 26:36Running 8 8:44v median +3:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:34
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.