The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:54 at Birmingham 2023 put Ryan Palmer 877th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:47. A harder second half: 2:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran slow: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:37 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:07Running 1 4:32v median +0:45
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:12v median +0:06
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 5:23v median −0:09
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 5:33v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:37v median −0:04
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 5:33v median +0:02
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:42v median +0:08
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Block 08 18:55Running 8 6:16v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
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.