The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:13 at Manchester 2023 put Ben Spedding 333rd of 649 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:43 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 10:19Running 1 5:45v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:04v median −0:06
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:10v median −0:31
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:19v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:42v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:35v median −0:09
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Block 07 12:10Running 7 5:39v median −0:05
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Block 08 14:39Running 8 5:52v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
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.