The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Cowens finished 707th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:32:28.
The runs carried this race: faster than 58% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:27 behind the median.
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 8:04Running 1 3:43v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:07v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 5:19v median −0:13
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 5:33v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:30v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:20v median −0:11
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 5:13v median −0:21
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 6:10v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
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.