The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:39 at Birmingham 2026 put Premal Patel 1,170th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:42 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham gave the field time back: about 1:12 faster than the average race this season, by 2,261 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:48Running 1 6:05v median +1:03
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Block 02 9:54Running 2 5:04v median +0:32
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 5:32v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:37v median +0:36
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 6:46v median +1:53
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Block 07 15:46Running 7 5:57v median +1:02
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Block 08 15:29Running 8 6:06v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.