The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:44 at Birmingham 2023 put Carl Gidman 816th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:06 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 8:28Running 1 4:01v median +0:14
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Block 02 10:52Running 2 5:41v median +0:35
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 5:39v median +0:07
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 5:24v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:42v median +0:01
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 5:25v median −0:06
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 5:52v median +0:18
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Block 08 13:43Running 8 6:24v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.