The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Dickinson finished 412th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:22:46, faster than 65% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 77% of the field across all eight, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:28 on the median. A harder second half: 1:56 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 7:30Running 1 3:26v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 5:13v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:36v median +0:04
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 6:07v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:47v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:13Running 8 6:23v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
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.