The race, in three figures
Field beaten
9%
Runs
5%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:03
v median
773/1442
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+6:22
v median
1305/1442
Rank
The race, in words
Nik Smith finished 1,246th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:55:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:22 behind the median. The roxzone cost time: 10:15, behind 95% 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 10:58Running 1 6:23v median +1:21
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Block 02 10:00Running 2 5:37v median +1:05
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Block 03 11:48Running 3 5:45v median +0:49
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Block 04 15:28Running 4 5:48v median +0:52
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Block 05 5:04
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Block 06 2:41
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Block 07 11:29
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Block 08 11:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:14
0:20
0:54
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:26
0:17
1:09
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:22
0:09
1:13
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:52
0:30
0:22
B5 · 1000m Row
0:00
0:00
0:00
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:00
0:00
0:00
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:00
0:00
0:00
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1944
Measured against
Men · n = 1442