The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Kipling finished 1,026th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:36:45.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:56.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:24v median −0:38
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Block 02 9:11Running 2 4:39v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 5:25v median +0:29
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 4:45v median −0:11
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:23v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 4:47v median −0:06
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Block 07 12:03Running 7 5:08v median +0:13
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 5:31v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.