The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Hopwood finished in the top 10% of the field at Manchester 2023, in 1:13:21 for 67th of 649 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:22 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:11 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:43, was faster than 94% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 3:09 more than the average race this season, going by 373 athletes who raced both. 1:46 faster than at Birmingham 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:26Running 1 5:34v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:48v median −0:22
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Block 03 7:58Running 3 5:05v median −0:36
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 4:58v median −0:42
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 5:05v median −0:42
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 5:04v median −0:40
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 4:55v median −0:49
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 5:09v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:43
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.