The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andy Dunkerley finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2023, in 1:12:46 for 118th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:35 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:14 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:49, was faster than 85% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:01Running 1 3:04v median −0:43
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:02v median −1:04
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 4:24v median −1:08
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Block 04 9:48Running 4 4:28v median −1:06
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:32v median −1:09
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:38v median −0:53
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Block 07 8:16Running 7 4:39v median −0:55
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 5:08v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:49
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.