The race, in three figures
The race, in words
George Nash finished 232nd of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:16:27, faster than 80% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:47 on the median. A harder second half: 1:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:13, was faster than 95% 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. 2:52 slower than at München 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:44Running 1 3:11v median −0:36
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:32v median −0:34
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 4:59v median −0:33
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:31v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:09v median −0:32
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:44v median −0:47
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 4:55v median −0:39
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 5:23v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:13
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.