The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Wheelton finished 1,034th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:50:30.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:00, behind 87% 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 9:13Running 1 4:30v median +0:43
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 5:51v median +0:45
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Block 03 13:01Running 3 6:03v median +0:31
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 6:31v median +0:57
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Block 05 12:39Running 5 7:19v median +1:38
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Block 06 9:42Running 6 6:49v median +1:18
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Block 07 12:40Running 7 6:45v median +1:11
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Block 08 21:11Running 8 8:12v median +1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:00
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.