The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kevin Pearson finished 753rd of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:33:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:29. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37. 3:59 slower than at London 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 3:48v median +0:01
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 5:04v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 5:16v median −0:16
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 5:20v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:35v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:26v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:32v median −0:02
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Block 08 15:41Running 8 6:20v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.