The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:38 at Anaheim 2023 put Ben Buchanan 288th of 294 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 1% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:31. A harder second half: 18:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Anaheim gave the field time back: about 1:40 faster than the average race this season, by 176 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:15Running 1 6:51v median +1:10
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Block 02 11:56Running 2 8:58v median +3:46
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Block 03 15:21Running 3 9:41v median +4:00
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Block 04 16:31Running 4 9:50v median +4:04
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Block 05 15:27Running 5 10:12v median +4:14
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Block 06 14:10Running 6 11:16v median +5:29
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Block 07 20:55Running 7 12:51v median +7:06
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Block 08 22:52Running 8 16:13v median +9:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 286
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 286 men who finished.