The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gavin Graham finished 605th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:28:42.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:14 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 7:47Running 1 3:36v median −0:11
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 4:58v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:06v median −0:26
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 5:22v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:33v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 5:39v median +0:05
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 6:24v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.