The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:51 at London 2023 put Paul Kirby 1,371st of 1,865 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:49 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 9:05Running 1 4:21v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:01v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:11v median −0:15
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 5:15v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:24v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:26v median −0:03
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Block 07 18:11Running 7 5:18v median −0:10
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 6:06v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.