The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Nugent finished 314th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:19:24, faster than 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:57 on the median. A harder second half: 3:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:25Running 1 3:15v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:28v median −0:38
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 4:57v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 4:40v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:54v median −0:47
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:00v median −0:31
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 4:52v median −0:42
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 5:48v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
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.