The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2026, David Birch crossed the line in 1:21:02: 593rd of 1,442 men, faster than 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:21 on the median. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:59.
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 9:11Running 1 4:54v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:25v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:09v median +0:13
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 5:07v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:38v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:25v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:03Running 7 5:17v median +0:22
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Block 08 11:40Running 8 5:45v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:35
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.