The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Bedford-Smith finished 1,082nd of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:33:01.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:53. A harder second half: 1:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 6:02v median +0:43
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 5:11v median +0:37
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:32v median +0:38
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:32v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:58v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:47v median +0:50
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 5:36v median +0:39
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Block 08 14:41Running 8 6:55v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
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.