The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:29 at Chicago 2023 put Eric Smith 324th of 469 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:16 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:12 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 Chicago gained about 2:18.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:37v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:27v median −0:44
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 4:32v median −1:11
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Block 04 11:55Running 4 4:43v median −0:56
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 4:47v median −1:06
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 4:40v median −1:01
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Block 07 16:05Running 7 4:44v median −0:55
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 7:40v median +1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 462
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 462 men who finished.