The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:30 at Birmingham 2026 put matthew robinson 1,048th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse 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 9:57Running 1 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 4:50v median +0:18
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:16v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:48Running 4 5:02v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:09v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 5:14v median +0:21
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 5:07v median +0:12
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Block 08 16:16Running 8 5:29v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:46
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.