The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Cookson finished 967th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:33:47.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:30v median −0:02
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 4:58v median +0:02
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 05 14:10Running 5 9:27v median +4:26
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 4:43v median −0:10
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Block 07 12:51Running 7 4:58v median +0:03
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 5:14v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.