The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Cassidy finished 1,059th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:52:35.
The runs carried this race: faster than 30% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:23 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:39 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. That was 3:50 off the time at Rotterdam 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:11v median +0:24
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Block 02 10:51Running 2 5:44v median +0:38
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Block 03 16:38Running 3 5:53v median +0:21
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Block 04 16:53Running 4 6:04v median +0:30
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:02v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:05v median +0:34
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:17v median +0:43
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Block 08 19:19Running 8 7:04v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.