The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Neil Strange won the 55–59 age group at Birmingham 2025 in 1:14:11, first of 59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 66% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:04, was faster than 88% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:50Running 1 4:39v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:06v median −0:28
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Block 03 8:10Running 3 4:09v median −0:45
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Block 04 8:42Running 4 4:08v median −0:49
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:18v median −0:51
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:12v median −0:45
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 4:10v median −0:47
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Block 08 12:33Running 8 4:04v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
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.