The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Michael Settle at Birmingham 2025: 1:08:45, 51st of 523 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 99% of the field across all eight, against 76% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 5:07 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:42 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 1:03 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Glasgow 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 4:45v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:06v median −0:26
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:17v median −0:39
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Block 04 7:26Running 4 4:18v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:39Running 5 4:26v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:33v median −0:23
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Block 07 4:31Running 7 4:30v median −0:26
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Block 08 7:59Running 8 4:30v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 521
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 521 men who finished.