The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Dorrian finished 394th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:35:33.
A station race more than a running one: 66% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:20 on the median. 8:23 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
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 10:52Running 1 6:33v median +0:30
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Block 02 10:05Running 2 7:28v median +2:18
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:51v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 6:04v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:16v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:18v median +0:34
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 7:23v median +1:39
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 6:56v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.