The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:25:54 at Birmingham 2023 put Ed Butler 1,170th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 8:30 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 19:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:47 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 9:50Running 1 4:49v median +1:02
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Block 02 17:04Running 2 11:28v median +6:22
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Block 03 13:45Running 3 7:14v median +1:42
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Block 04 14:54Running 4 7:23v median +1:49
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Block 05 14:18Running 5 8:19v median +2:38
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Block 06 11:08Running 6 7:49v median +2:18
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Block 07 21:50Running 7 8:08v median +2:34
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Block 08 29:23Running 8 19:17v median +13:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:47
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.