The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:14 at Birmingham 2023 put Kevin Sharkey 672nd of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:05. The race faded late: the second half went 4:12 worse 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 7:58Running 1 3:37v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 4:38v median −0:28
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:08v median −0:24
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:04v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:17v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:29v median −0:02
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 5:32v median −0:02
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Block 08 15:41Running 8 6:44v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.