The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachel Sharp finished 332nd of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:38:15.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:40 on the median. A harder second half: 3:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Birmingham. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:15Running 1 4:31v median +0:12
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 6:17v median +0:32
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Block 03 13:11Running 3 6:32v median +0:31
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 6:38v median +0:33
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 6:52v median +0:39
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 7:00v median +0:54
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 7:05v median +0:59
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Block 08 12:35Running 8 8:16v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.