The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Wykes finished 1,591st of 1,600 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 2:38:45.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 16:40. A harder second half: 9:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:01 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:23Running 1 8:01v median +2:42
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Block 02 14:40Running 2 6:51v median +2:17
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Block 03 18:58Running 3 7:26v median +2:32
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Block 04 20:31Running 4 7:30v median +2:33
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Block 05 14:06Running 5 7:30v median +2:21
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Block 06 12:03Running 6 7:17v median +2:20
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Block 07 19:08Running 7 7:36v median +2:39
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Block 08 34:01Running 8 9:56v median +4:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:01
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.