The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Vanstone finished 268th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:12:11, faster than 81% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 89% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:23Running 1 4:10v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 3:40v median −0:52
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Block 03 7:09Running 3 4:05v median −0:51
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 4:02v median −0:54
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:10v median −0:51
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:17v median −0:36
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 4:04v median −0:51
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 4:14v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.