The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gemma Akehurst finished 300th of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:35:24.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:45 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:39 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 8:45Running 1 4:01v median −0:18
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 6:06v median +0:21
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Block 03 12:13Running 3 6:15v median +0:14
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 6:25v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:41v median +0:28
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 6:16v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 6:32v median +0:26
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 7:15v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.