The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:14 at Cardiff 2025 put Paul Cussell 1,366th of 1,401 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2024 were 3:38 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 12:59Running 1 7:42v median +2:52
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 6:49v median +2:16
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Block 03 13:28Running 3 7:14v median +2:24
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Block 04 18:38Running 4 7:10v median +2:17
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Block 05 13:20Running 5 7:54v median +2:56
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Block 06 11:11Running 6 8:31v median +3:37
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Block 07 15:14Running 7 8:52v median +3:59
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Block 08 22:00Running 8 12:23v median +6:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1393
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,393 men who finished.