The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ade Lenaghan finished 825th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:37:11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:38 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:21 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 7:53Running 1 3:27v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 4:42v median −0:24
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 4:57v median −0:35
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 5:06v median −0:28
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:33v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:59Running 7 5:50v median +0:16
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Block 08 20:08Running 8 6:38v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.