The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Sproston finished 685th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:31:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:47. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 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 8:36Running 1 4:02v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:08v median −0:24
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:12v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:18v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:02v median −0:29
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:17v median −0:17
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 6:16v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.