The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Brickman finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2025, in 1:09:10 for 163rd of 1,600 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:07 on the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:59, ahead of 90% of the field.
The field ran 3:26 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Manchester 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 4:23v median −0:56
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 3:49v median −0:45
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Block 03 7:37Running 3 4:00v median −0:54
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Block 04 8:05Running 4 4:09v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 4:14v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:15v median −0:42
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 4:22v median −0:35
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Block 08 9:35Running 8 4:17v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
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.