The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Alcock finished 534th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:48:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:28 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 3:09 more than the average race this season, going by 373 athletes who raced both. 0:18 faster than at Birmingham 2022, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:55Running 1 7:19v median +1:16
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 6:03v median +0:53
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 7:01v median +1:20
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Block 04 14:21Running 4 6:56v median +1:16
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 7:16v median +1:29
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 7:06v median +1:22
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Block 07 15:12Running 7 7:13v median +1:29
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Block 08 14:40Running 8 8:47v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:28
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.