The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gary Wickett finished 956th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:44:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:37 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. That was 10:24 off the time at London 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:27v median +0:40
-
Block 02 10:07Running 2 6:00v median +0:54
-
Block 03 11:39Running 3 6:11v median +0:39
-
Block 04 13:48Running 4 6:32v median +0:58
-
Block 05 13:02Running 5 7:02v median +1:21
-
Block 06 9:42Running 6 7:00v median +1:29
-
Block 07 13:38Running 7 6:54v median +1:20
-
Block 08 15:30Running 8 7:19v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.