The race, in three figures
The race, in words
George Hale-Jones finished 1,314th of 1,442 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2026, in 2:32:43.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 17:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 27:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:26, behind 92% of the field.
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 11:32Running 1 6:12v median +1:10
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Block 02 11:48Running 2 6:01v median +1:29
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Block 03 15:31Running 3 7:15v median +2:19
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Block 04 17:54Running 4 6:45v median +1:49
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Block 05 13:26Running 5 7:31v median +2:30
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Block 06 11:20Running 6 7:11v median +2:18
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Block 07 30:47Running 7 7:44v median +2:49
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Block 08 31:06Running 8 9:40v median +4:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.