The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charlie Rodman finished 180th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:14:53, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:03 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:40 behind the median.
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 6:54Running 1 2:53v median −0:54
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 4:17v median −0:49
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:33v median −0:59
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:37v median −0:57
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:44v median −0:57
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 4:24v median −1:07
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 4:15v median −1:19
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 4:57v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:08
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.