The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stuart Maleyjones finished 844th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:38:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:07 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 8:12Running 1 3:41v median −0:06
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 5:08v median +0:02
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Block 03 12:46Running 3 5:57v median +0:25
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Block 04 12:41Running 4 5:30v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:48v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:47v median +0:16
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Block 07 13:30Running 7 5:48v median +0:14
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Block 08 15:49Running 8 6:47v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.