The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:08 at Birmingham 2023 put Simon Pitchford 273rd of 1,182 men in the Open division, ahead of 77% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 90% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 53% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:16 behind the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:12, was faster than 95% of the field.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37. 4:50 faster than at Malmö 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:10Running 1 3:00v median −0:47
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 4:12v median −0:54
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 4:50v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 4:46v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:49v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:44v median −0:47
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 4:51v median −0:43
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Block 08 14:08Running 8 5:00v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:12
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.