The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:36 at Birmingham 2026 put Nicolas Vautrin 788th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:21. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:50v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 6:09v median +1:37
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 6:24v median +1:28
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 6:24v median +1:28
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:33v median +1:32
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:25v median +1:32
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 6:24v median +1:29
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 7:52v median +2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.