The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hope Guy finished 656th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:30:22.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:27 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:46 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 8:18Running 1 3:44v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 4:52v median −0:14
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:06v median −0:26
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 5:10v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:19v median −0:22
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:27v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 5:31v median −0:03
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Block 08 14:08Running 8 6:18v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.