The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:30:58 at Birmingham 2026 put Andre Payne 686th of 693 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 10:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 16:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:29 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
The field ran 1:43 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Cardiff 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:22Running 1 7:52v median +2:43
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Block 02 11:47Running 2 7:00v median +2:30
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 7:22v median +2:33
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Block 04 20:24Running 4 7:57v median +3:08
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Block 05 15:45Running 5 9:39v median +4:39
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Block 06 13:32Running 6 8:57v median +4:06
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Block 07 24:02Running 7 8:44v median +3:50
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Block 08 24:25Running 8 10:43v median +5:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:29
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.