The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Walden finished 1,160th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:35:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:22 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:59 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 9:47Running 1 5:06v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:33v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 5:01v median +0:04
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 5:34v median +0:25
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Block 06 6:09Running 6 3:30v median −1:27
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 4:57v median +0:00
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Block 08 18:43Running 8 5:56v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:06
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.