The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:56 at Chicago 2023 put Kevin Smith 348th of 469 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:43 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Chicago ran fast: the 275 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:18 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:09v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:54v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:15v median −0:28
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 5:30v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:46v median −0:07
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Block 06 11:06Running 6 8:56v median +3:15
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 5:47v median +0:08
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Block 08 17:05Running 8 6:19v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
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.