The race, in three figures
Field beaten
13%
Runs
18%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m Row
−0:02
v median
776/1600
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+3:41
v median
1521/1600
Rank
The race, in words
Stephen Darbyshire finished 1,373rd of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:46:12.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:41. Stronger after halfway: 1:02 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:08Running 1 6:18v median +0:59
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Block 02 10:38Running 2 5:27v median +0:53
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 7:58v median +3:04
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 5:51v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:59v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 5:49v median +0:52
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Block 07 14:51Running 7 5:56v median +0:59
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Block 08 15:02Running 8 6:11v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:13
0:21
0:52
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:53
0:12
0:41
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:29
0:12
1:17
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:34
0:26
0:08
B5 · 1000m Row
0:57
0:24
0:33
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:20
0:45
0:35
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:14
1:10
1:04
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 · 20:50 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIE12
Measured against
Men · n = 1600