The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Power finished 685th of 693 men in the Pro division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:06:56.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:33. A harder second half: 5:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:33 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:08 faster than the average race this season, by 374 athletes who raced both. That was 10:27 off the time at London Olympia 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:38Running 1 6:36v median +2:04
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 6:10v median +2:12
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Block 03 16:06Running 3 6:47v median +2:33
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Block 04 16:23Running 4 6:40v median +2:24
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Block 05 12:25Running 5 7:03v median +2:43
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Block 06 11:00Running 6 6:44v median +2:30
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 7:19v median +3:00
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Block 08 22:14Running 8 8:51v median +4:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:33
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.