The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:16 at Manchester 2023 put Matthew Benson 441st of 649 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:51 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:28Running 1 5:54v median −0:09
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:07v median −0:03
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 5:28v median −0:13
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:46v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:35v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 5:42v median −0:02
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:34v median −0:10
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Block 08 18:21Running 8 6:43v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.