The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Mckenna finished 552nd of 649 men in the Open division at Manchester 2023, in 1:50:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:10. A harder second half: 3:31 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 11:04Running 1 5:48v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 5:16v median +0:06
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Block 03 13:32Running 3 6:13v median +0:32
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Block 04 15:54Running 4 6:16v median +0:36
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:34v median +0:47
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:20v median +0:36
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 6:29v median +0:45
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Block 08 20:05Running 8 8:08v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.