The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at London 2023, Chris Mills crossed the line in 1:21:48: 703rd of 1,865 men, faster than 62% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
London gave the field time back: about 1:18 faster than the average race this season, by 1,114 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:12v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:06v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 5:14v median −0:12
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 5:23v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:51v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:37v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 5:43v median +0:15
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 6:16v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1836
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,836 men who finished.