The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Glasgow 2025, Dean Smethurst crossed the line in 1:13:35: 387th of 1,445 men, faster than 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 89% of the field beaten on the runs, 57% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:43 on the median. A harder second half: 3:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:14 faster at Glasgow 2025 than at Manchester 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:09Running 1 3:01v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 4:28v median −0:31
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 4:31v median −0:49
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Block 04 8:02Running 4 4:31v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:35v median −0:59
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 4:35v median −0:51
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 4:49v median −0:38
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Block 08 11:11Running 8 4:02v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1438
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,438 men who finished.