The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:46 at Birmingham 2025 put Andrew Mitcham 697th of 1,821 men in the Open division, ahead of 62% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 45% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:22 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:26 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Manchester 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 5:13v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:21v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:04v median +0:12
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 4:54v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:24v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:05v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:03Running 7 5:14v median +0:22
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Block 08 12:19Running 8 5:20v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.