The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Joannou finished 657th of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:45:23.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 7:45 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Birmingham ran fast: the 374 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 10:14Running 1 5:38v median +1:06
-
Block 02 9:01Running 2 4:52v median +0:54
-
Block 03 14:21Running 3 6:18v median +2:04
-
Block 04 12:32Running 4 6:13v median +1:57
-
Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:16v median +1:56
-
Block 06 9:22Running 6 5:47v median +1:33
-
Block 07 14:24Running 7 6:14v median +1:55
-
Block 08 16:13Running 8 7:17v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:45
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.