The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andy Clark finished 1,233rd of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 1:53:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:49. The race faded late: the second half went 5:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran fast: the 2,261 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:13Running 1 6:15v median +1:13
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Block 02 10:08Running 2 5:24v median +0:52
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 5:41v median +0:45
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Block 04 15:12Running 4 5:49v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:00v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:04v median +1:11
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Block 07 17:20Running 7 6:24v median +1:29
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Block 08 19:01Running 8 7:05v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.