The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:18 at Manchester 2024 put Steve Smith 1,091st of 1,206 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 27% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:27 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2024 were 4:14 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 9:56Running 1 5:10v median +1:40
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 7:20v median +2:26
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Block 03 11:48Running 3 7:16v median +2:04
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 7:29v median +2:15
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Block 05 12:31Running 5 7:36v median +2:17
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 7:35v median +2:19
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 7:52v median +2:36
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 7:47v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1180
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,180 men who finished.