The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:44 at Birmingham 2026 put Khaled Mesmer 1,120th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:24. The race faded late: the second half went 4:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:15 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 9:59Running 1 5:18v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 4:53v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 5:26v median +0:30
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 5:43v median +0:47
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:42v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 5:28v median +0:33
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Block 08 17:22Running 8 5:51v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.