The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:14 at Birmingham 2026 put Liam Atkins 621st of 1,442 men in the Open division, ahead of 57% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 78% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:13. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:19 better 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 9:41Running 1 5:11v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 3:55v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:14v median −0:42
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 4:18v median −0:38
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:15v median −0:46
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:18v median −0:35
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 4:13v median −0:42
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Block 08 11:18Running 8 4:17v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:51
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.