The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Shearer finished 848th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:29:04.
The runs carried this race: faster than 58% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:08.
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 9:02Running 1 4:42v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:14v median −0:18
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Block 03 12:04Running 3 5:21v median +0:25
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 4:51v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:38v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 4:47v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 4:43v median −0:12
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Block 08 15:12Running 8 4:57v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:25
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.