The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Benson finished 324th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:19:39, faster than 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 0:33 behind the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:36, ahead of 89% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 3:23v median −0:24
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 4:40v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 4:49v median −0:43
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:48v median −0:46
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:02v median −0:39
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:51v median −0:40
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 4:57v median −0:37
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Block 08 12:35Running 8 5:25v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:36
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.