The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alan Strachan took 3rd of 43 in the 45–49 age group at Barcelona 2023, in 1:10:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:34, was faster than 94% of the field.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 0:51 more than the average race this season, going by 324 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:39v median −0:42
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 3:44v median −0:49
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 3:54v median −1:03
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Block 04 8:19Running 4 3:54v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:34Running 5 4:02v median −1:03
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Block 06 5:40Running 6 4:03v median −0:53
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 4:02v median −0:54
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Block 08 12:07Running 8 4:18v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 566
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 566 men who finished.