The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Colebatch finished 244th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:25:05, faster than 62% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:49 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Manchester ran slow: the 373 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:09 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:32Running 1 6:11v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:56v median −0:14
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:18v median −0:23
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 5:05v median −0:35
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 5:03v median −0:44
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:16v median −0:28
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 4:59v median −0:45
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Block 08 13:56Running 8 5:20v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.