The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Yates finished 885th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:27:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 36% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:07. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:46Running 1 5:10v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 4:21v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 4:45v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 4:50v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:20v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:55v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 4:46v median −0:11
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 5:05v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.