The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:22 at Birmingham 2023 put Mark Seaman 1,002nd of 1,182 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:47. A harder second half: 1:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:32 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 8:45Running 1 3:52v median +0:05
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Block 02 12:12Running 2 8:12v median +3:06
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 5:45v median +0:13
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 5:43v median +0:09
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Block 05 14:34Running 5 8:53v median +3:12
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:35v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:38Running 7 5:37v median +0:03
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Block 08 17:24Running 8 6:45v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:32
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.