The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jen Ward finished 429th of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:47:28.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:48 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 10:33Running 1 5:20v median +1:01
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 6:49v median +1:04
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Block 03 15:02Running 3 6:49v median +0:48
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Block 04 12:48Running 4 6:57v median +0:52
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:36v median +0:23
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Block 06 9:49Running 6 7:38v median +1:32
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Block 07 14:41Running 7 9:26v median +3:20
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 7:03v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.