The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Bainbridge finished 350th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:20:41, faster than 70% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 53% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:07 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 5:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 4:01v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 5:13v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:12v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 5:07v median −0:27
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:22v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:33v median +0:02
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Block 07 10:35Running 7 5:41v median +0:07
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 6:33v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
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.