The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2023, Christian Snodgrass crossed the line in 1:24:34: 483rd of 1,182 men, faster than 59% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 69% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:02. The race faded late: the second half went 2:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:21Running 1 3:06v median −0:41
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:36v median −0:30
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 5:12v median −0:20
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:45v median −0:49
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:21v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:25v median −0:06
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 5:16v median −0:18
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 5:34v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:09
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.