The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Smith finished 1,135th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 2:07:40.
The wall balls cost the most time: 7:55 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:47Running 1 4:18v median +0:31
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Block 02 10:58Running 2 6:21v median +1:15
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Block 03 15:27Running 3 7:16v median +1:44
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Block 04 18:19Running 4 6:49v median +1:15
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 7:57v median +2:16
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Block 06 10:26Running 6 7:15v median +1:44
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Block 07 18:30Running 7 7:34v median +2:00
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Block 08 23:16Running 8 8:29v median +2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.