The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:06 at Birmingham 2026 put Owen Hopkins 1,238th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 15:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:03 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:14Running 1 5:16v median +0:14
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Block 02 10:49Running 2 5:15v median +0:43
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 5:31v median +0:35
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 5:04v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:15v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 5:14v median +0:21
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 4:43v median −0:12
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Block 08 28:19Running 8 5:21v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
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.