The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:10:19 at Birmingham 2023 put Johny Horton 1,142nd of 1,182 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 28% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:32. A harder second half: 5:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham cost the whole field time: about 1:37 more than the average race this season, going by 823 athletes who raced both. That was 18:51 off the time at Madrid 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 16:26Running 1 11:49v median +8:02
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 7:15v median +2:09
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Block 03 13:32Running 3 8:13v median +2:41
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Block 04 15:09Running 4 7:55v median +2:21
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Block 05 16:58Running 5 11:47v median +6:06
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Block 06 10:37Running 6 8:03v median +2:32
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Block 07 20:09Running 7 12:25v median +6:51
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Block 08 17:37Running 8 9:36v median +3:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.