The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Batterham finished 1,455th of 1,865 men in the Open division at London 2023, in 1:38:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:32 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:11 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 8:35Running 1 3:41v median −0:17
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 4:56v median −0:03
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:36v median +0:10
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 5:30v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:30v median −0:09
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 5:25v median −0:04
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 5:45v median +0:17
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 6:07v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.