The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Ethan Biles at Birmingham 2023: 1:10:56, 81st of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:47 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:28 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:18, ahead of 94% of the field.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:59Running 1 3:01v median −0:46
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:05v median −1:01
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 4:33v median −0:59
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 4:34v median −1:00
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Block 05 9:09Running 5 4:36v median −1:05
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:22v median −1:09
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 4:27v median −1:07
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 4:53v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:18
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.