The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:20:35 at London 2023 put Paul Kingsford 1,850th of 1,865 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 6:55 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:21, behind 94% of the field.
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 10:29Running 1 5:26v median +1:28
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Block 02 12:54Running 2 9:04v median +4:05
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Block 03 16:13Running 3 8:16v median +2:50
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Block 04 20:34Running 4 9:22v median +3:54
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Block 05 15:08Running 5 9:20v median +3:41
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Block 06 11:39Running 6 9:17v median +3:48
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Block 07 20:48Running 7 8:37v median +3:09
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Block 08 22:37Running 8 11:03v median +5:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.