The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Allan Walsh finished 1,201st of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:48:41.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:39. The race faded late: the second half went 7:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:11 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 11:43Running 1 6:34v median +1:32
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 5:41v median +1:09
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:51v median +0:55
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Block 04 13:57Running 4 5:48v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 6:10v median +1:09
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 5:57v median +1:04
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Block 07 14:50Running 7 6:00v median +1:05
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Block 08 18:34Running 8 6:48v median +1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.