The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Purdy finished 452nd of 523 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:46:30.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 8:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 11:29 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 10:17Running 1 5:32v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 4:41v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:06v median +0:10
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 5:16v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:37v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 5:31v median +0:35
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Block 07 18:46Running 7 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 08 16:14Running 8 6:44v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:48
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.