The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bhaskar Choudhury finished 1,180th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 2:41:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:21, behind 94% 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 10:43Running 1 5:11v median +1:24
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Block 02 13:09Running 2 6:53v median +1:47
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Block 03 19:35Running 3 8:25v median +2:53
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Block 04 25:32Running 4 9:06v median +3:32
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Block 05 15:42Running 5 9:25v median +3:44
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Block 06 13:00Running 6 8:36v median +3:05
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Block 07 21:24Running 7 9:30v median +3:56
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Block 08 31:51Running 8 12:03v median +5:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.