The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Almond finished 1,061st of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:52:44.
The wall balls cost the most time: 5:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:18 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 9:03Running 1 4:30v median +0:43
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 5:53v median +0:47
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 6:11v median +0:39
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Block 04 16:02Running 4 6:33v median +0:59
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 7:16v median +1:35
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:17v median +0:46
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Block 07 13:55Running 7 6:29v median +0:55
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Block 08 20:02Running 8 7:57v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.