The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Hesketh finished 434th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:37:39.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 7:21 better against the middle of the field than before it. 9:48 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
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 11:12Running 1 6:23v median +0:20
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 5:11v median +0:01
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Block 03 12:54Running 3 6:27v median +0:46
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 5:46v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 5:33v median −0:14
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:23v median −0:21
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Block 07 10:52Running 7 5:22v median −0:22
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 6:11v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.