The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim Ryan finished 508th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:18:27, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:54 on the median. A harder second half: 1:05 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 9:44Running 1 5:14v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 4:16v median −0:18
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:34v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 5:07v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:07v median −0:02
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:41v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 4:54v median −0:03
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Block 08 10:34Running 8 4:44v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.