The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Mathieson finished 979th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:34:16.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:01. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2026 and Amsterdam 2026 were 3:44 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:25Running 1 5:55v median +0:53
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:14v median +0:42
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:27v median +0:31
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 5:35v median +0:39
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:35v median +0:34
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:34v median +0:41
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 5:35v median +0:40
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 6:09v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
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.