The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Backe finished 1,084th of 1,588 men in the Open division at Glasgow 2025, in 1:30:16.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:59. A harder second half: 4:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:32, behind 90% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2024 were 5:21 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 7:58Running 1 3:33v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:07v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 5:33v median +0:09
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 5:53v median +0:29
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:51v median +1:13
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 5:42v median +0:13
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 5:34v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:59Running 8 6:30v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1578
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,578 men who finished.