The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benoit Malherbe finished 846th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:50:34.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. 10:04 slower than at Paris 1 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 4:19v median −0:43
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 5:42v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 6:25v median +1:29
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Block 04 15:54Running 4 6:31v median +1:35
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:41v median +1:40
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Block 06 10:48Running 6 7:45v median +2:52
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Block 07 14:49Running 7 7:42v median +2:47
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Block 08 18:07Running 8 9:13v median +4:00
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.