The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James King finished 1,194th of 1,248 men in the Open division at Hamburg 2024, in 1:57:20.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:22, behind 95% of the field.
Hamburg ran fast: the 910 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:42 quicker here than at their other races. That was 35:41 off the time at Birmingham 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:00v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:14v median +0:26
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Block 03 12:46Running 3 5:41v median +0:33
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Block 04 17:19Running 4 5:56v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 6:07v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:53v median +0:40
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Block 07 17:48Running 7 6:04v median +0:51
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Block 08 19:59Running 8 7:40v median +1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:22
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1215
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,215 men who finished.