The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ian Cooper finished 595th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:20:35, faster than 63% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:54. A harder second half: 1:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
That was 6:26 off the time at London 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:48v median −0:31
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:12v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 4:23v median −0:31
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 4:30v median −0:27
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:29v median −0:40
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 4:27v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 4:50v median −0:07
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 4:46v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
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.