The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shannon Close finished 448th of 532 women in the Open division at Birmingham 2023, in 1:50:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:28 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:50 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 10:09Running 1 5:02v median +0:43
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 6:15v median +0:30
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Block 03 16:49Running 3 6:43v median +0:42
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Block 04 17:32Running 4 6:43v median +0:38
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:26v median +1:13
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Block 06 9:59Running 6 6:38v median +0:32
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Block 07 12:43Running 7 6:50v median +0:44
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Block 08 13:39Running 8 7:39v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.