The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Williams finished 509th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:45:50.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:40. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 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 10:43Running 1 6:41v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 6:17v median +1:07
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 6:56v median +1:15
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Block 04 15:43Running 4 7:02v median +1:22
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 7:20v median +1:33
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 7:25v median +1:41
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Block 07 12:47Running 7 7:10v median +1:26
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Block 08 16:06Running 8 9:31v median +2:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
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.