The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laurence Mezo finished 508th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:45:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 32% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:39 behind the median.
Manchester ran slow: the 373 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:09 slower here than at their other races. 1:00 faster than at Birmingham 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:35Running 1 7:41v median +1:38
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Block 02 9:55Running 2 6:27v median +1:17
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 7:01v median +1:20
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Block 04 14:41Running 4 7:01v median +1:21
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 7:06v median +1:19
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:52v median +1:08
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 7:11v median +1:27
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Block 08 16:26Running 8 9:45v median +3:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
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.