The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Difford finished 1,769th of 1,821 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2025, in 2:08:41.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:43 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:36Running 1 7:13v median +1:56
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Block 02 12:06Running 2 6:11v median +1:39
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Block 03 14:21Running 3 6:50v median +1:58
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Block 04 17:38Running 4 7:05v median +2:13
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Block 05 12:41Running 5 7:09v median +2:06
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:46v median +1:54
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Block 07 16:11Running 7 7:22v median +2:30
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Block 08 21:57Running 8 8:44v median +3:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:43
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.