The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:22 at Birmingham 2026 put Sam Eden 823rd of 1,442 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:24Running 1 5:16v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 4:39v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 4:48v median −0:08
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Block 04 11:18Running 4 4:45v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 5:02v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:02v median +0:09
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 5:09v median +0:14
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Block 08 14:01Running 8 5:16v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:35
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.