The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Hipwell finished 337th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:20:01, faster than 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 40% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:38. Time in the roxzone, 4:32, was faster than 91% of the field.
Birmingham ran slow: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:37 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 2:54v median −0:53
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 4:05v median −1:01
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 4:35v median −0:57
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 4:26v median −1:08
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:36v median −1:05
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 4:30v median −1:01
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 4:34v median −1:00
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Block 08 14:30Running 8 5:00v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:32
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.