The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Mitchell finished 791st of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:27:15.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:28 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:28Running 1 5:04v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:31v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 5:01v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 4:55v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 5:04v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:00v median +0:07
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 4:52v median −0:03
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 5:19v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.