The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:35 at Birmingham 2023 put Chris Smith 1,129th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:48. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:47 better against the middle of the field than the first. 10:00 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 9:21Running 1 4:53v median +1:06
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Block 02 15:02Running 2 11:07v median +6:01
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Block 03 15:38Running 3 10:40v median +5:08
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Block 04 16:26Running 4 7:12v median +1:38
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 8:03v median +2:22
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Block 06 10:54Running 6 7:43v median +2:12
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Block 07 15:26Running 7 7:33v median +1:59
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Block 08 19:12Running 8 9:29v median +3:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:00
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.