The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brett Bulmer finished 1,265th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:58:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 24% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 15:35 slower than the median. A harder second half: 13:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:47Running 1 6:08v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 4:49v median +0:17
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 5:25v median +0:29
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Block 04 14:29Running 4 5:32v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 5:29v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:17v median +0:24
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Block 07 15:00Running 7 5:11v median +0:16
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Block 08 29:14Running 8 6:32v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.