The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Magee finished 818th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:36:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 3:41v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 5:16v median +0:10
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Block 03 13:24Running 3 5:40v median +0:08
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 5:33v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:47v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:35v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 5:40v median +0:06
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Block 08 18:33Running 8 6:00v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.