The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nick Cooper finished 502nd of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:45:16.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:42 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 10:50Running 1 6:34v median +0:31
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Block 02 9:25Running 2 5:52v median +0:42
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 6:21v median +0:40
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Block 04 14:05Running 4 6:34v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:34v median +0:47
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 6:43v median +0:59
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Block 07 15:08Running 7 6:41v median +0:57
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 8:11v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.