The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gwen Fennell finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2023, in 1:14:09 for 30th of 532 women in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:32 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:14, was faster than 98% of the field.
Birmingham ran slow: the 307 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:52 slower here than at their other races. That was 1:57 off the time at London 2022.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 3:32v median −0:47
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:46v median −0:59
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 4:54v median −1:07
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Block 04 8:49Running 4 5:00v median −1:05
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:14v median −0:59
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:06v median −1:00
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:16v median −0:50
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Block 08 8:19Running 8 5:40v median −0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:14
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 530
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 530 women who finished.