The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mathis Herlant at Birmingham 2026: 1:04:00, 47th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:08 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:05 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:29, was faster than 95% of the field.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both. That was 3:04 off the time at Toulouse 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:06Running 1 2:55v median −2:07
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 3:57v median −0:35
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 4:11v median −0:45
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:05v median −0:51
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 4:08v median −0:53
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 4:05v median −0:48
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Block 07 7:46Running 7 4:12v median −0:43
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Block 08 9:31Running 8 4:27v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:29
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.