The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oli Mell finished 1,101st of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:40:28.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:16 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:02, behind 90% of the field.
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 10:15Running 1 5:35v median +0:33
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 5:01v median +0:29
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 5:23v median +0:27
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:59v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:33v median +0:40
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Block 07 14:14Running 7 5:51v median +0:56
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 6:11v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:02
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.