The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:58 at Birmingham 2023 put Samuel Whittingham 983rd of 1,182 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:37. A harder second half: 7:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran slow: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:37 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:22v median +0:35
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 5:54v median +0:48
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Block 03 11:52Running 3 6:37v median +1:05
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Block 04 14:18Running 4 6:50v median +1:16
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:45v median +1:04
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:58v median +1:27
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Block 07 14:19Running 7 7:22v median +1:48
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Block 08 19:22Running 8 8:53v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.