The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kevin Upton finished 1,740th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 2:01:57.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:12. The race faded late: the second half went 8:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:40 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
The field ran 6:47 faster at Birmingham 2025 than at Madrid 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:41Running 1 7:10v median +1:53
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Block 02 11:42Running 2 6:29v median +1:57
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 6:35v median +1:43
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Block 04 16:07Running 4 7:03v median +2:11
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 7:23v median +2:20
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 7:13v median +2:21
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Block 07 15:28Running 7 7:22v median +2:30
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Block 08 24:16Running 8 8:56v median +3:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:40
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.