The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Carse finished 454th of 594 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2023, in 1:36:27.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:35. A harder second half: 2:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:37Running 1 5:05v median +0:44
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 4:55v median +0:22
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Block 03 13:34Running 3 5:06v median +0:09
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 5:11v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:21v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:26v median +0:30
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:19v median +0:23
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Block 08 18:19Running 8 5:31v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
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.