The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ashley Parkes finished 996th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:46:57.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:38. The race faded late: the second half went 5:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:15 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
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
-
Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:16v median −0:31
-
Block 02 10:32Running 2 5:18v median +0:12
-
Block 03 13:48Running 3 6:28v median +0:56
-
Block 04 12:10Running 4 6:03v median +0:29
-
Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:09v median +0:28
-
Block 06 8:21Running 6 5:46v median +0:15
-
Block 07 12:57Running 7 5:55v median +0:21
-
Block 08 19:04Running 8 7:34v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:15
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.