The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2023, Jonathan Blair crossed the line in 1:16:01: 212th of 1,182 men, faster than 82% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 95% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:15 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:24Running 1 3:25v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 5:23v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:29v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:36v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 5:30v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 5:35v median +0:01
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Block 08 10:48Running 8 6:11v median −0:05
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.