The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michel Verkaik finished 487th of 594 men in the Open division at Barcelona 2023, in 1:40:56.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:35. The race faded late: the second half went 3:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Barcelona cost the whole field time: about 0:51 more than the average race this season, going by 324 athletes who raced both. That was 9:31 off the time at Rotterdam 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:26v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:22v median +0:49
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 5:54v median +0:57
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 5:47v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:47v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:31v median +0:35
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 5:33v median +0:37
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Block 08 15:42Running 8 7:08v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:16
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.