The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:18 at Manchester 2023 put Chris Watkins 469th of 649 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:02. The race faded late: the second half went 5:40 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 10:31Running 1 5:50v median −0:13
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:19v median +0:09
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Block 03 12:43Running 3 7:14v median +1:33
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 5:47v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 6:01v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:22v median +0:38
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Block 07 13:58Running 7 5:56v median +0:12
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Block 08 18:01Running 8 7:12v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.