The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:02 at Cape Town 2025 put Patrick Birkett 253rd of 781 men in the Open division, ahead of 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 4:09v median +0:13
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:03v median −1:27
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:48v median −1:17
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 4:46v median −1:16
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 5:10v median −1:07
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 4:57v median −1:03
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 4:44v median −1:13
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Block 08 16:01Running 8 5:26v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 729
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 729 men who finished.