The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2023, Ryan Stevenson crossed the line in 1:24:15: 470th of 1,182 men, faster than 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 91% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:36 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:35 better against the middle of the field 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 7:26Running 1 3:31v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:02v median −0:04
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Block 03 15:37Running 3 9:53v median +4:21
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:57v median −0:37
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Block 05 6:56Running 5 2:47v median −2:54
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Block 06 13:52Running 6 12:05v median +6:34
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 5:18v median −0:16
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Block 08 9:43Running 8 5:27v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
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.