The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Sutcliffe finished 552nd of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:19:31, faster than 66% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 83% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:56 on the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:11 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Manchester 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 5:13v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:36v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 4:52v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 5:01v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:39v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:15v median +0:18
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:17v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 5:22v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:25
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.