The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Knowles finished 1,576th of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 2:21:58.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 21:22. The race faded late: the second half went 12:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:08 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Birmingham 2025 and London 2024 were 3:16 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:37Running 1 6:59v median +1:40
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Block 02 10:12Running 2 5:52v median +1:18
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Block 03 16:43Running 3 6:22v median +1:28
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Block 04 20:31Running 4 6:22v median +1:25
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:41v median +1:32
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 6:39v median +1:42
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 6:55v median +1:58
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Block 08 36:05Running 8 7:18v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:08
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.