The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ollie Chelton finished 1,327th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:34:59.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:15 behind the median.
The field ran 4:39 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Birmingham 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:43Running 1 6:21v median +1:04
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:35v median +1:03
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:46v median +0:54
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 5:38v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:49v median +0:46
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:47v median +0:55
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 5:54v median +1:02
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 6:29v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.