The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Philip Shuard finished 1,035th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:50:35.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:54 behind the median. A harder second half: 12:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:30Running 1 3:33v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 4:58v median −0:08
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Block 03 13:04Running 3 5:37v median +0:05
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Block 04 13:54Running 4 5:48v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:44v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 5:53v median +0:22
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Block 07 16:08Running 7 6:02v median +0:28
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Block 08 23:54Running 8 12:34v median +6:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:04
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.