The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Hackett finished 895th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:41:07.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 5:05 better against the middle of the field than before it. 9:20 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 8:52Running 1 4:09v median +0:22
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 5:34v median +0:28
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Block 03 11:50Running 3 5:51v median +0:19
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Block 04 16:10Running 4 10:06v median +4:32
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 6:04v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:53v median +0:22
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 6:03v median +0:29
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 7:11v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:20
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.