The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for John McLaughlin at Manchester 2023: 1:12:00, 49th of 649 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 98% of the field across all eight, against 78% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 3:09 more than the average race this season, going by 373 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 4:56v median −1:07
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 4:13v median −0:57
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Block 03 8:17Running 3 4:48v median −0:53
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 4:45v median −0:55
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Block 05 13:00Running 5 8:47v median +3:00
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:54v median −0:50
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Block 07 7:46Running 7 4:37v median −1:07
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Block 08 8:44Running 8 4:44v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
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.