The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:17:04 at Birmingham 2026 put Peter Cowley 680th of 693 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:37. A harder second half: 13:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:45 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 11:16Running 1 6:17v median +1:08
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Block 02 11:58Running 2 5:43v median +1:13
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Block 03 14:11Running 3 6:12v median +1:23
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Block 04 17:28Running 4 6:32v median +1:43
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 7:27v median +2:27
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Block 06 11:16Running 6 6:43v median +1:52
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Block 07 19:41Running 7 7:21v median +2:27
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Block 08 26:44Running 8 9:51v median +4:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:45
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.