The race, in three figures
Field beaten
50%
Runs
43%
Stations
Biggest gain
100m Sandbag Lunges
−0:08
v median
621/1442
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+1:30
v median
938/1442
Rank
The race, in words
Matt Perkins finished 699th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:24:22.
The wall balls cost the most time: 1:30 slower than the median.
The field ran 1:29 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:57v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 4:37v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:52v median −0:04
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 4:59v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:08v median +0:07
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 4:48v median −0:05
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 4:51v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 5:21v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:56
0:16
0:40
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:51
0:10
0:41
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:50
0:04
0:46
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:23
0:15
0:08
B5 · 1000m Row
0:33
0:18
0:15
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:04
0:45
0:19
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:12
0:44
0:28
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 4
Finish · 1:11 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Matt Perkins
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1944
Measured against
Men · n = 1442