The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Forbes finished 1,272nd of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:00:58.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:54 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 11:20Running 1 6:22v median +1:20
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Block 02 10:54Running 2 5:37v median +1:05
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 6:31v median +1:35
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Block 04 15:26Running 4 6:35v median +1:39
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Block 05 12:59Running 5 7:11v median +2:10
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Block 06 10:40Running 6 7:35v median +2:42
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Block 07 15:04Running 7 6:39v median +1:44
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Block 08 22:26Running 8 8:31v median +3:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.