The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:11 at Birmingham 2023 put Bradley Gibbs 950th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:29Running 1 4:09v median +0:22
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Block 02 9:43Running 2 6:12v median +1:06
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 6:54v median +1:22
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Block 04 14:48Running 4 7:12v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 7:18v median +1:37
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Block 06 10:07Running 6 7:47v median +2:16
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Block 07 13:43Running 7 6:37v median +1:03
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 7:56v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.