The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:24 at Birmingham 2026 put Isa Bulut 524th of 1,442 men in the Open division, ahead of 64% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:52. The race faded late: the second half went 1:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both. Isa Bulut's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:01v median −1:01
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:01v median +0:29
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 5:14v median +0:18
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:16v median +0:23
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Block 07 11:22Running 7 5:23v median +0:28
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 6:10v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
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.