The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:07 at Birmingham 2026 put Kevin Connolly 787th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 52% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:40. A harder second half: 4:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:35Running 1 5:01v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 4:39v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 5:20v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:31v median +0:30
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 5:18v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 5:29v median +0:34
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Block 08 14:03Running 8 6:13v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.