The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Blackburn finished 471st of 523 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:52:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:18 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:24 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 10:03Running 1 5:09v median −0:04
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Block 02 11:06Running 2 4:50v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 5:06v median +0:10
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Block 04 14:14Running 4 5:32v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 5:49v median +0:42
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 5:38v median +0:42
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Block 07 13:48Running 7 5:34v median +0:38
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Block 08 20:12Running 8 6:43v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:42
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.