The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Radford finished 545th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:26:37, faster than 54% of the field.
The sled push was where this race was made, 0:34 ahead of the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:28 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. 7:14 faster than at Warschau 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:19Running 1 3:56v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:07v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:24v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 5:31v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:50v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:41v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 5:31v median −0:03
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 5:54v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
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.