The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Birmingham 2023, Gary Marshall crossed the line in 1:24:43: 488th of 1,182 men, faster than 59% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 75% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:38 on the median. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:52.
Birmingham ran slow: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:37 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:15v median −0:32
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 4:34v median −0:32
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 4:42v median −0:50
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Block 04 10:49Running 4 4:57v median −0:37
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:28v median −0:13
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:03v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:03v median −0:31
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Block 08 13:07Running 8 6:15v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.