The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Shield finished 538th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:26:29, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:27 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:53 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran slow: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:37 slower here than at their other races. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Matthew Shield.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:38v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 03 14:30Running 3 9:55v median +4:23
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 5:52v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:49v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:46v median +0:15
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:40v median +0:06
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 6:42v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.