The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Blackmore finished 914th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:24:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:14 quicker than the median and 244th of 1,821. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2024 were 4:39 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:12Running 1 8:23v median +3:06
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:47v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:54v median +0:02
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 5:17v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:25v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:21v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:06Running 7 5:09v median +0:17
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 5:33v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.