The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:08:13 at Birmingham 2023 put Neil Phillips 1,136th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:35, behind 91% 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 9:32Running 1 4:42v median +0:55
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Block 02 11:32Running 2 7:40v median +2:34
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Block 03 16:22Running 3 7:42v median +2:10
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Block 04 16:51Running 4 7:46v median +2:12
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Block 05 13:41Running 5 8:01v median +2:20
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Block 06 11:01Running 6 7:58v median +2:27
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Block 07 17:27Running 7 8:15v median +2:41
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Block 08 22:19Running 8 11:15v median +4:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
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.