The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:51 at Birmingham 2025 put Nigel Brown 1,004th of 1,600 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 63% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:22 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:33 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 6:24 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Birmingham 2023, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:40Running 1 6:39v median +1:20
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:43v median +1:09
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 5:47v median +0:53
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Block 04 9:59Running 4 5:48v median +0:51
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:56v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:53v median +0:56
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Block 07 10:46Running 7 6:01v median +1:04
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 6:18v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:46
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.