The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:52 at Birmingham 2026 put Jean-Philippe Boulanger on the age-group podium: 3rd of 45 in the 55–59 age group.
A station race more than a running one: 69% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:51 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:39 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. Jean-Philippe Boulanger's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:56v median −1:06
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:01v median +0:29
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 5:11v median +0:15
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 5:12v median +0:16
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 5:04v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:58v median +0:05
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:03v median +0:08
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 5:30v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.