The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:57 at Birmingham 2026 put Owen Roberts 1,195th of 1,442 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 27% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 4:59 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:29 faster at Birmingham 2026 than at London Olympia 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:48Running 1 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 02 12:59Running 2 4:36v median +0:04
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Block 03 14:12Running 3 5:11v median +0:15
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 6:25v median +1:29
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 5:27v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 5:28v median +0:33
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 6:15v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
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.