The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:34 at Birmingham 2023 put Tom Birks 1,044th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:10 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:06v median +0:19
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Block 02 10:20Running 2 5:46v median +0:40
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Block 03 13:43Running 3 6:25v median +0:53
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 6:27v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:59Running 5 6:54v median +1:13
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:26v median +0:55
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Block 07 15:49Running 7 6:31v median +0:57
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Block 08 19:43Running 8 8:45v median +2:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.