The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emma Benson finished 605th of 829 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:43:24.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:32 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:53Running 1 6:49v median +0:50
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Block 02 9:54Running 2 6:01v median +0:49
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 6:11v median +0:43
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Block 04 13:53Running 4 6:32v median +1:01
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 8:36v median +2:56
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Block 06 9:06Running 6 6:32v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 6:14v median +0:42
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Block 08 12:53Running 8 6:32v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 825
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 825 women who finished.