The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bastien Seailles finished 644th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:28:06.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:16. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:41 better 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:37v median −1:25
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 4:48v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:48v median +0:52
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Block 04 16:40Running 4 8:53v median +3:57
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:23v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 5:16v median +0:21
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Block 08 13:17Running 8 5:46v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.