The race, in three figures
Field beaten
30%
Runs
46%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Push
−0:26
v median
298/1442
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+1:13
v median
902/1442
Rank
The race, in words
Stephen Porthouse finished 849th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:29:05.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:13 behind the median.
The field ran 7:07 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Manchester 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:12v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:41v median +0:09
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 5:21v median +0:25
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:48v median +0:47
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 5:18v median +0:23
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 5:58v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:11
0:19
0:52
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:11
0:11
1:00
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:12
0:05
1:07
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:33
0:22
0:11
B5 · 1000m Row
0:49
0:21
0:28
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:05
0:41
0:24
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:30
0:49
0:41
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 5:54 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Stephen Porthouse
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1944
Measured against
Men · n = 1442