The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Brown finished 845th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:38:17.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 4:06 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:15 better 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 8:39Running 1 3:38v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 4:50v median −0:16
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Block 03 14:34Running 3 4:55v median −0:37
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 5:14v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:25v median −0:16
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:19v median −0:12
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 5:24v median −0:10
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 6:09v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.