The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Hechle finished 559th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:26:54, faster than 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:54Running 1 3:43v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:02v median −0:30
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Block 04 11:37Running 4 5:11v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:18v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:08v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:59v median −0:35
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Block 08 13:32Running 8 6:24v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:09
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.