The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexis Piron took 3rd of 26 in the 60–64 age group at Birmingham 2026, in 1:31:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:34v median −1:28
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 4:51v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:06v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 5:00v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:22v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:30v median +0:37
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 5:21v median +0:26
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 5:45v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.