The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Ellison finished 914th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:42:13.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:23 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 8:17Running 1 3:33v median −0:14
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Block 02 10:20Running 2 4:53v median −0:13
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Block 03 12:50Running 3 4:59v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 5:07v median −0:27
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:14v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:13v median −0:18
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Block 07 15:37Running 7 5:30v median −0:04
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Block 08 19:52Running 8 6:23v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.