The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:17 at Birmingham 2023 put Benjamin Howard 974th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:52, behind 85% of the field.
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 9:06Running 1 4:27v median +0:40
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 5:49v median +0:43
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Block 03 12:15Running 3 6:11v median +0:39
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 6:19v median +0:45
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 6:45v median +1:04
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:26v median +0:55
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Block 07 14:39Running 7 6:29v median +0:55
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Block 08 17:19Running 8 7:37v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:52
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.