The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jo Shillingford finished 267th of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:33:16.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Birmingham ran slow: the 307 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:52 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:45Running 1 4:12v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 5:27v median −0:18
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 5:40v median −0:21
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 5:36v median −0:29
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 5:47v median −0:26
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 5:44v median −0:22
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 5:43v median −0:23
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Block 08 12:27Running 8 6:12v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.