The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Whitmore finished 595th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:28:11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:11. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:27 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:36Running 1 3:20v median −0:27
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 4:51v median −0:15
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 5:40v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 5:05v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 4:52v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:00v median −0:31
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 4:56v median −0:38
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Block 08 15:03Running 8 6:00v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
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.