The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Houghton finished 524th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:26:01, faster than 56% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 44% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:43 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:29 better 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 8:21Running 1 3:58v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:30v median +0:24
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:39v median +0:07
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 5:41v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:49v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:48v median +0:17
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Block 07 9:41Running 7 5:43v median +0:09
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 6:15v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.