The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Mccoy finished 1,012th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:48:34.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:14. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:58 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:13Running 1 3:49v median +0:02
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Block 02 12:59Running 2 8:29v median +3:23
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Block 03 15:01Running 3 9:35v median +4:03
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 8:46v median +3:12
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 6:12v median +0:31
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:36v median +1:05
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Block 07 13:51Running 7 6:25v median +0:51
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Block 08 15:59Running 8 7:56v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.