The race, in three figures
The race, in words
William Jonathan Penfound finished 621st of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:52.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:59 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:10 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 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 5:26v median +0:54
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 4:40v median +0:42
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 5:00v median +0:46
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 5:08v median +0:52
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:16v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:17v median +1:03
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Block 07 14:09Running 7 5:26v median +1:07
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Block 08 15:47Running 8 6:06v median +1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:10
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.