The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:51 at Birmingham 2023 put Ron HILL 1,166th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 6:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:24, behind 95% 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 11:05Running 1 5:55v median +2:08
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Block 02 13:01Running 2 7:26v median +2:20
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Block 03 15:16Running 3 7:59v median +2:27
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Block 04 20:00Running 4 8:23v median +2:49
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Block 05 15:49Running 5 9:15v median +3:34
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Block 06 13:53Running 6 9:20v median +3:49
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Block 07 17:33Running 7 9:23v median +3:49
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Block 08 24:59Running 8 13:12v median +6:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:24
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.