The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gareth Bottomley finished 545th of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:50:09.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:18. A harder second half: 2:07 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 11:02Running 1 6:38v median +0:35
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 5:55v median +0:45
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 6:54v median +1:13
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 6:59v median +1:19
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 7:02v median +1:15
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:52v median +1:08
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Block 07 14:06Running 7 6:27v median +0:43
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Block 08 18:09Running 8 8:04v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.