The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Bergin finished 651st of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:30:09.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:37 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:37 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 7:42Running 1 3:20v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:41v median −0:25
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 5:53v median +0:21
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 5:47v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:46v median +0:05
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 6:04v median +0:33
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Block 07 13:44Running 7 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 6:29v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
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.