The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcus Hobley finished 659th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:30:32.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 38% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:44 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:18 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 7:54Running 1 3:16v median −0:31
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Block 02 10:19Running 2 5:01v median −0:05
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Block 03 13:46Running 3 6:29v median +0:57
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 5:55v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:25v median −0:16
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:54v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 4:56v median −0:38
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 5:30v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.