The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew Ratcliffe finished 412th of 523 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:39:49.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:31 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:53Running 1 5:43v median +0:30
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 4:44v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 4:51v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:23v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:00v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:50Running 7 4:47v median −0:09
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Block 08 20:37Running 8 4:55v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.