The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Crawley finished 674th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:23:48, faster than 53% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:11 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 5:37v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 4:49v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 5:01v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:05v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:03v median +0:10
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 5:05v median +0:10
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Block 08 12:27Running 8 5:11v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.