The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Baker finished 905th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:41:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:07Running 1 3:34v median −0:13
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 5:23v median +0:17
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Block 03 13:44Running 3 5:48v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 5:51v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:44v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:56v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 6:06v median +0:32
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Block 08 20:41Running 8 6:32v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.