The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Awab Elsheikh finished 794th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:27:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:25. A harder second half: 1:43 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 9:10Running 1 4:41v median −0:21
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 4:05v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 4:41v median −0:15
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 4:41v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 4:54v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 4:39v median −0:14
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 4:43v median −0:12
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Block 08 14:48Running 8 5:16v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.