The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Iain Murray finished 553rd of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:26:46, faster than 53% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:36 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:11. A harder second half: 1:12 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 3:47v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:00v median −0:06
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 5:07v median −0:25
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:15v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:30v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:27v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 5:18v median −0:16
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Block 08 12:32Running 8 6:10v median −0:06
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.