The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2023, Michal Ihnat crossed the line in 1:22:28: 399th of 1,182 men, faster than 66% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:24 on the median. A harder second half: 1:10 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 7:54Running 1 3:51v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:31v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:40v median +0:08
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 5:41v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:52v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:46v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 6:03v median +0:29
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Block 08 10:41Running 8 6:13v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
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.