The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Meager finished 1,195th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:36:27.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:41. A harder second half: 1:27 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 10:25Running 1 5:58v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:17v median +0:43
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 5:52v median +0:58
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Block 04 13:15Running 4 6:01v median +1:04
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:30v median +1:21
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 6:05v median +1:08
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 6:23v median +1:26
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Block 08 15:31Running 8 7:00v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
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.