The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Fawcett finished 1,125th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:29:11.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:25. The race faded late: the second half went 4:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 4:39 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 5:19v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 4:31v median −0:01
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 4:48v median −0:04
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 4:59v median +0:07
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:06v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:00v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 5:00v median +0:08
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Block 08 16:56Running 8 5:23v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1813
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,813 men who finished.