The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ross Nicholson finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2025, in 1:04:20 for 59th of 1,600 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:20 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:20 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:27, was faster than 97% of the field.
That was 1:44 off the time at London 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:23Running 1 4:13v median −1:06
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:39v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:41Running 3 3:52v median −1:02
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Block 04 7:09Running 4 3:56v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 3:57v median −1:12
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 3:51v median −1:06
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Block 07 7:20Running 7 3:48v median −1:09
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Block 08 8:58Running 8 3:53v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1592
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,592 men who finished.