The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Ball finished 525th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:19:22, faster than 64% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 74% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 50% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:46 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 0:43 behind the median.
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 8:35Running 1 4:12v median −0:50
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:06v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 4:53v median −0:03
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 4:29v median −0:27
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:33v median −0:28
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 4:21v median −0:32
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 4:23v median −0:32
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 4:34v median −0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.