The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:05 at London 2023 put Jon Bird 1,384th of 1,865 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 67% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced London gained about 1:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:14v median −0:44
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 4:39v median −0:20
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 5:01v median −0:25
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 4:57v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:12v median −0:27
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 5:13v median −0:16
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Block 07 14:11Running 7 6:03v median +0:35
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Block 08 14:52Running 8 5:56v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.