The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Moore finished 953rd of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:44:15.
The stations carried this race: faster than 67% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:54 on the median. A harder second half: 3:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:57v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:16v median +0:10
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Block 03 12:20Running 3 6:21v median +0:49
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Block 04 15:18Running 4 10:39v median +5:05
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 7:24v median +1:43
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Block 06 13:23Running 6 11:44v median +6:13
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 6:58v median +1:24
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Block 08 15:22Running 8 8:46v median +2:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
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.