The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oliver Maughan finished 638th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:29:41.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:39 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the SkiErg, 1:08 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:47 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 9:20Running 1 3:49v median +0:02
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:09v median +0:03
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Block 03 12:19Running 3 5:43v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:49Running 4 6:00v median +0:26
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:00v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:26v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 5:40v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 6:30v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
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.