The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for John Mccrossan at Birmingham 2026: 1:06:35, 123rd of 1,442 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:46 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:38, was faster than 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. That was 1:29 off the time at Riga 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 4:16v median −0:46
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 3:44v median −0:48
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 3:52v median −1:04
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 3:55v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:40Running 5 4:06v median −0:55
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 3:56v median −0:57
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 3:59v median −0:56
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Block 08 8:07Running 8 4:04v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 883
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 883 men who finished.