The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Wilsher finished 860th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:39:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 41% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:34. A harder second half: 1:06 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 8:46 off the time at London 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 3:53v median +0:06
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Block 02 9:50Running 2 5:37v median +0:31
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 5:46v median +0:14
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 5:43v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 6:05v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:20v median +0:49
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 6:54v median +1:20
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Block 08 18:03Running 8 10:45v median +4:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.