The race, in three figures
Field beaten
16%
Runs
27%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Pull
+0:05
v median
855/1600
Rank
Biggest loss
200m Farmers Carry
+1:23
v median
1513/1600
Rank
The race, in words
Matthew Loftus finished 1,267th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:39:57.
If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:39 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 11:09Running 1 6:07v median +0:48
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 5:21v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:44v median +0:50
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 6:00v median +1:03
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:28v median +1:19
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 6:07v median +1:10
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 6:10v median +1:13
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 6:21v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:11
0:22
0:49
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:06
0:13
0:53
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:56
0:05
0:51
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:21
0:16
0:05
B5 · 1000m Row
0:56
0:24
0:32
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:18
0:48
0:30
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:37
0:57
0:40
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 14:35 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIE12
Measured against
Men · n = 1600