The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:32 at Birmingham 2026 put Sam Archer 1,088th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 11:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Birmingham gained about 1:12. 12:11 slower than at Malaga 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:33Running 1 5:37v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:57v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:05v median +0:09
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:05v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:46v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:17v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 5:23v median +0:28
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Block 08 24:22Running 8 6:10v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.