The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Greg Williams finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2023, in 1:12:19 for 105th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:34 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:54, was faster than 99% of the field.
Birmingham cost the whole field time: about 1:37 more than the average race this season, going by 823 athletes who raced both. 0:11 slower than at London 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:37v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:29v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 4:40v median −0:52
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 4:43v median −0:51
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:45v median −0:56
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:41v median −0:50
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Block 07 8:41Running 7 4:38v median −0:56
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 5:14v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:54
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.