The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hugh Smith finished 1,074th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:53:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:25 behind the median. The roxzone cost time: 9:14, behind 89% 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 8:59Running 1 4:31v median +0:44
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Block 02 10:05Running 2 5:51v median +0:45
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 6:56v median +1:24
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Block 04 16:52Running 4 7:01v median +1:27
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 7:11v median +1:30
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 6:37v median +1:06
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 7:37v median +2:03
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Block 08 18:38Running 8 9:15v median +2:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:14
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.