The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Hurst finished 496th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:45:00.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:44. A harder second half: 4:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:46Running 1 6:13v median +0:10
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 5:34v median +0:24
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 5:43v median +0:02
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Block 04 15:38Running 4 5:53v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 6:06v median +0:19
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Block 06 10:27Running 6 6:19v median +0:35
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Block 07 14:17Running 7 6:12v median +0:28
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 7:05v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.