The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ken inweregbu finished 1,065th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:38:18.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:44 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:31 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 4:50v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:03v median +0:07
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 5:02v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:19v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:09v median +0:16
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 5:14v median +0:19
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 6:02v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.