The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:21 at Birmingham 2025 put Ben Sears 420th of 1,600 men in the Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 87% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 55% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:40 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:09 better against the middle of the field than the first.
0:47 slower than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:15Running 1 4:31v median −0:48
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 3:59v median −0:35
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 4:18v median −0:36
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 4:08v median −0:49
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:11v median −0:58
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Block 06 6:46Running 6 4:07v median −0:50
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Block 07 7:41Running 7 4:07v median −0:50
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 4:10v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.