The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:11 at Birmingham 2023 put Simon Bowen 759th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:11 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 8:02Running 1 3:35v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 4:57v median −0:09
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:41v median +0:09
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Block 04 13:39Running 4 5:33v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 5:58v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:29v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:22v median −0:12
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 6:44v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.