The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:41 at Birmingham 2023 put Lawrence Howlett 688th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:28. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 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 8:27Running 1 4:12v median +0:25
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:33v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 5:49v median +0:17
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Block 04 13:02Running 4 6:16v median +0:42
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:42v median +1:01
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:27v median +0:56
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 6:15v median +0:41
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Block 08 12:42Running 8 7:06v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:04
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.