The race, in three figures
Field beaten
87%
Runs
77%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−1:25
v median
413/1821
Rank
Biggest loss
200m Farmers Carry
+0:11
v median
1151/1821
Rank
The race, in words
Ben Smith finished 322nd of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:12:37, faster than 82% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:25 on the median.
The field ran 6:24 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Birmingham 2023, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:53Running 1 4:37v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 3:59v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:07v median −0:45
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 4:05v median −0:47
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Block 05 8:58Running 5 4:11v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:00v median −0:52
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 4:10v median −0:42
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 4:24v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:49
0:14
0:35
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:52
0:10
0:42
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:40
0:04
0:36
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:31
0:11
0:20
B5 · 1000m Row
0:37
0:15
0:22
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:05
0:36
0:29
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:26
0:35
0:51
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1813
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,813 men who finished.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 12:17 ahead
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIE27
Measured against
Men · n = 1821