The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicola Lyons finished 392nd of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:43:28.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:33 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:50 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:07 better 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 10:03Running 1 5:01v median +0:42
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 6:15v median +0:30
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Block 03 12:25Running 3 6:15v median +0:14
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Block 04 18:44Running 4 9:33v median +3:28
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:19v median +0:13
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 6:13v median +0:07
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Block 08 13:04Running 8 7:15v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
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.