The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Josh Butten finished 1,147th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:29:40.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:48 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
0:54 faster than at Oslo 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:56v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 5:15v median +0:43
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:21v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 5:24v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:35v median +0:43
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 5:23v median +0:31
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 5:32v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:27
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.