The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Austen finished 1,030th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:50:05.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:54. A harder second half: 6:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:37.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:24v median +0:37
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 6:16v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:40Running 3 6:42v median +1:10
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Block 04 14:36Running 4 7:01v median +1:27
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 7:00v median +1:19
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 7:00v median +1:29
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Block 07 16:23Running 7 7:17v median +1:43
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Block 08 18:16Running 8 7:55v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
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.