The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niko Rice finished 533rd of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:48:33.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 12:21 better against the middle of the field than the first. 10:24 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 10:40Running 1 6:04v median +0:01
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Block 02 12:46Running 2 8:04v median +2:54
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Block 03 16:09Running 3 10:31v median +4:50
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Block 04 14:11Running 4 8:43v median +3:03
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:18v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 5:59v median +0:15
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 6:00v median +0:16
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Block 08 14:33Running 8 7:09v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:24
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.