The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Rainford finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2023, in 1:05:17 for 20th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:59 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:03, was faster than 97% of the field.
The field ran 2:56 faster at Birmingham 2023 than at Manchester 2023, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 3:36v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:33v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 4:44v median −0:48
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Block 04 7:05Running 4 4:38v median −0:56
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:44v median −0:57
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:27v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:10Running 7 4:19v median −1:15
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Block 08 8:44Running 8 4:45v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1180
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,180 men who finished.