The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karl Bateman finished 1,192nd of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:36:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2025 and London 2023 were 3:41 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 9:30Running 1 5:04v median −0:15
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 4:33v median −0:01
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 4:45v median −0:09
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 4:45v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:03v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 4:47v median −0:10
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Block 07 12:40Running 7 4:52v median −0:05
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Block 08 18:12Running 8 5:18v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.