The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Carlyon finished 1,010th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:36:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:58 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:34Running 1 5:09v median +0:07
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 4:37v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 4:45v median −0:11
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 4:54v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 4:58v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 4:51v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 4:51v median −0:04
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Block 08 17:00Running 8 4:55v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
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.