The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lee Preston finished 1,006th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:47:26.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:09. The race faded late: the second half went 5:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham ran slow: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:37 slower here than at their other races. 10:12 slower than at London 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 4:05v median +0:18
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Block 02 11:43Running 2 5:38v median +0:32
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Block 03 13:39Running 3 5:53v median +0:21
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 5:34v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:49v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 5:44v median +0:13
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 5:38v median +0:04
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 7:39v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
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.