The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Peter Murphy at Birmingham 2023: 1:12:32, 110th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:45 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:34 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:17Running 1 3:09v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:00v median −1:06
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 4:31v median −1:01
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 4:23v median −1:11
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 4:21v median −1:20
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:10v median −1:21
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 4:13v median −1:21
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 4:42v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
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.