The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michaela Spencer finished 135th of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:24:19, faster than 75% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 95% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:42 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Birmingham cost the whole field time: about 1:52 more than the average race this season, going by 307 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:10v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 5:33v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:04v median +0:03
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 5:54v median −0:11
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:55v median −0:18
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:56v median −0:10
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 6:04v median −0:02
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Block 08 11:03Running 8 6:31v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.