The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Johnson finished 880th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:30:04.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:37 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:51 behind the median.
The field ran 3:59 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at Birmingham 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:05Running 1 5:33v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:54v median +0:22
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:38v median +0:42
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 5:27v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:28v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:37v median +0:44
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 6:09v median +1:14
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Block 08 11:45Running 8 6:15v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.