The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:21 at Manchester 2023 put Ian Whitehead 229th of 649 men in the Open division, ahead of 65% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:24 on the median. A harder second half: 1:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:09.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:45Running 1 5:37v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 5:19v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 5:54v median +0:13
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 5:44v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:54v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:45v median +0:01
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 5:28v median −0:16
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Block 08 13:08Running 8 6:14v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.