The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Kelsall finished 359th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:33:18.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:58 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 10:27Running 1 6:18v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:29v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:40v median −0:01
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 5:35v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:55v median +0:08
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 8:02v median +2:18
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Block 07 12:03Running 7 5:49v median +0:05
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 6:46v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.