The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2026, Olly Thompson crossed the line in 1:22:40: 633rd of 1,442 men, faster than 56% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 36% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:49 ahead of the median.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Manchester 2026 were 3:44 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:25v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:45v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 5:02v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 5:21v median +0:25
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:13v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:17v median +0:24
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 5:26v median +0:31
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Block 08 12:10Running 8 5:38v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.