The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:49 at Birmingham 2023 put Neil Derbyshire 556th of 1,182 men in the Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 41% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:45 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 3:43v median −0:04
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 4:47v median −0:19
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 4:50v median −0:42
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 5:09v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:09v median −0:32
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:19v median −0:12
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 5:17v median −0:17
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 5:54v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.