The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christian Castillo finished 781st of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:37:00.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:55Running 1 4:34v median −0:28
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:42v median +1:10
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 6:11v median +1:15
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 6:15v median +1:19
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:27v median +1:26
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 6:10v median +1:17
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 6:09v median +1:14
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 7:05v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.