The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:00 at Birmingham 2023 put Simon Butlin 823rd of 1,182 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. The row cost the most time: 0:41 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:10 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. That was 9:14 off the time at Malaga 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 5:57v median +2:10
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 4:59v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:34v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 05 16:11Running 5 10:41v median +5:00
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:36v median +0:05
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:55Running 8 7:01v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.