The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Petersen finished 1,296th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:33:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:49 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:16 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at London 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 5:16v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 4:17v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 4:25v median −0:27
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 4:35v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 4:36v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:36v median −0:16
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Block 07 14:35Running 7 4:35v median −0:17
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Block 08 15:48Running 8 4:52v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.