The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe AMES finished 782nd of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:35:38.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:27Running 1 4:11v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 5:10v median +0:04
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 5:28v median −0:04
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Block 04 12:08Running 4 6:01v median +0:27
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 7:03v median +1:22
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:28v median +0:57
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 6:31v median +0:57
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Block 08 14:31Running 8 7:05v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.