The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:32 at Birmingham 2026 put Paul Taplin 983rd of 1,442 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:56. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and London Olympia 2026 were 1:29 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:48v median +0:46
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Block 02 9:36Running 2 4:58v median +0:26
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:06v median +0:10
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 5:01v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:04v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 4:51v median −0:02
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 4:48v median −0:07
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 5:14v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.