The race, in three figures
Field beaten
16%
Runs
24%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:01
v median
976/1821
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+3:39
v median
1568/1821
Rank
The race, in words
Benjamin Welford finished 1,493rd of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 1:41:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:28 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 10:41Running 1 6:11v median +0:54
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 5:29v median +0:57
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 5:31v median +0:39
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Block 04 13:16Running 4 5:37v median +0:45
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:55v median +0:52
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:02v median +1:10
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 6:18v median +1:26
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Block 08 17:49Running 8 7:02v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:09
0:19
0:50
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:02
0:13
0:49
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:01
0:04
0:57
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:25
0:16
0:09
B5 · 1000m Row
0:53
0:29
0:24
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
2:02
1:13
0:49
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
2:18
1:04
1:14
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 16:34 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Birmingham 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIE27
Measured against
Men · n = 1821