The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Plampton finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2023, in 1:07:09 for 19th of 649 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:37 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:03, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:09. 2:01 faster than at London 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 5:12v median −0:51
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:06v median −1:04
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Block 03 8:09Running 3 4:19v median −1:22
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Block 04 7:41Running 4 4:17v median −1:23
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 4:18v median −1:29
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Block 06 6:18Running 6 4:21v median −1:23
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 4:19v median −1:25
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Block 08 9:11Running 8 4:39v median −1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 625
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 625 men who finished.